The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    ¨Was it something I said?¨

     

    a plaintive Richard Pryor asked  from   the cover of my 1980ś vinyl  with

    RP  tied to the stake. And in  the standard repertoire: prayers for redemption,

    piles of kindling ,approaching fire lighters

    And  Pryor´s explanation:  true  ,visit at  any court house sentencing day  and , yup,  it´s Justice Just Us. .......................................................................................

    Except  on the occasions when the judge reduces the penalty by 75%.

      Then it 's not Just US. Not us at all.

     

    Revised  March 8  to  make it less obscure