What is justice? Is it when a person's demise makes society feel better? Or is it when a felon gets acquitted of all charges brought against him? Wherever there is justice, there is obscurity. No matter how it is looked at, there is no real justice in the judicial system. In Albert Camus' The Stranger, Meursault did not receive justice in his trial because his unfair trail did not give him adequate time to speak in his own defense, his character witnesses' words were twisted, and his sentence was too severe.
             Usually, during a trial, the defendant is given time on the witness stand to plea his innocence, and/or explain why he committed the crime. Meursault, however, was brought before the judge and asked yes or no questions. This left him with little or no time to plea his case. Before he could say anything else, he was back on his way to the jail. Meursault said, "I didn't even have time to think. I was taken out, put into the van, and driven to prison..." (Camus88). At first he did not know what was going on, but knew he wanted to say something. Then every time he would try to say something, the next day in court, his lawyer would simply say " Just keep quiet- it won't do your case any good" (Camus98). Meursault's lawyer would not let him say anything, and this bothered Meursault. Every now and then, in the trial, Meursault would have the urge to stand up and yell in his head, " 'Wait a minute! Who's the accused here? Being the accused counts for something. And I have something to say' " (Camus98). Then Meursault would realize he did not have anything to say. This uninvolvement made Meursault feel alienated from the trial that was going to determine the rest of his life.
             During the trial, the character witnesses for Meursault were called to the stand one by one. Although they were thought to be helping him, they were really making him look even more like a ...