The Face of the Judge with a World of Memories Journal Article

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In other words, to see and weigh how many years of various imprisonments each criminal court judge imposes, in a month or a year, upon the creation of God, the destitute of society, and those caught in the gears of the justice system, so to speak. I kept this notebook for myself during the period I remained in the aforementioned position; every night, as I headed to my home on the threshold of my daily rest, I would open the notebook before me and note down the recorded figures of imprisonment and compensation or acquittal, and the specific and social circumstances of the accused or criminal, and the class from which the accused, convict, or acquitted person arose. I know one of the justice lawyers who was previously known as "the believer," and I remember that in criminal trials, depending on the subject, he would always bring stories or poems from Saadi, the famous ghazal poet, and would use the grace of his poems as examples for blessing, good omen, and to soften the judges, captivating everyone's spirit; many times, in the final defense of a claim, he would attend to the personality of the accused and blend their characteristics with the delightful poems of Saadi, reviving this taste in everyone and seeking help from the judge's literary disposition for the benefit of his client. *** Now, I bring you a few memories where literature, beyond literary subjects, poetry, and versification, has taken hold of a difficult situation, so that this truth becomes clear: what the spirit of nurturing literature creates: First Memory At a time when I was serving as a public prosecutor in the "Tehran Court of First Instance," the police brought an old man to the court of first instance along with a case file.