Their crime was justified
by the power in their hands
not by the spirit of the land
nor by his desire to testify

He was handcuffed, standing in a cage,
in the middle of a crowded court center
surrounded by witnesses who were designated
by his accuser.

They had convicted him of helping to organize
a liberal front that would promote and fight
against a party that violated their human rights
and he did not deny his guilt in the crime.

The unjustified justice had been a tool
for the dictators who tried to turn him into a fool.