Monday, January 21, 2013

Judge Reverses Apparent Decision and Fines everyone in Court!


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Judge Reverses Apparent Decision and Fines everyone in Court!
Posted By: X_Hermes [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 21-Jan-2013 03:27:42


This charming story was sent to me by e-mail. Oh, I DO hope it is true! Xavier Hermes
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Some good news for once:
An Indonesian judge by the name of Marzuki was sitting in judgment of an old lady who pleaded guilty of stealing some tapioca from a plantation.
In her defense, she admitted to the judge that she was indeed guilty of the crime because she was poor and her son was sick while her grandchild was hungry.
The plantation manager insisted that she be punished as a deterrent to others.
The judge going through the documents then looked up and said to the old lady, “I’m sorry but I cannot make any exception to the law and you must be punished.”
The old lady was fined Rp.1 million (USD 100) and if she could not pay the fine then she will be jailed for 2 and a half years as demanded by the law.
She wept as she could not pay the fine.
The judge then took off his hat and put in Rp. 1 million into the hat and said, “In the name of justice, I fine all who are in the court Rp.50 thousand (USD 5.50) as dwellers of this city for letting a child starve until her grandmother has to steal to feed her grandchild. The registrar will now collect the fines from all present.”
The court managed to collect Rp 3.5 million (USD 350) whereby once the fine was paid off, the rest was given to the old lady … including the fine collected from the plantation manager.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now there's a Judge who has compassion and sees the apparent greed of the plantation owner. He found a way to serve justice with an open heart. God bless this man!

Anonymous said...

Great story sure hope it is true, compassion that's what the world needs more of. Hope that starts happening here, you can't even look cross eyed at someone these days and not get arrested for it, and fined.

Anonymous said...

anon I couldn't agree more!

now that is the holy spirit working thru the righteous man who sits a wise judge of his people!!! amen

Unknown said...

This brought tears to my eyes....