Poor Man's Justice, for all it reveals, is not about guilt or innocence. It questions the lack of intergrity in a plea process that led to the dehumanization of a father, during and after his incarceration. This true life drama exposes the purposeful infusion of degradation as it exists in our justice system today. When punishing issues of law-and-order gain prominece over society's ability to speak out about institutional abuses, we all face the danger of losing our freedom as we know it.