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Justice comes late.
"Justice may be late, but it will never be absent", which is the famous saying of American Justice Hewitt. The original words of this sentence are "justice is never absent, only late", and its significance is a criticism of "late justice" and dissatisfaction with inefficient court trials, indicating that late justice is not real justice for everyone. And your sentence is taken out of context, completely overthrowing the original idea, but praising the late justice.

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"Justice+procrastination+yes+justice+negation." Normal Anglo-American legal system understands this as "justice that is late is equivalent to denying justice", and from another angle, it can be understood as "legal lateness is against justice".

In william penn's Reflections and Some Solutions in Mottos, this sentence is regarded as delaying justice or injustice. The meaning of this sentence can be understood from the Letter from Birmingham Prison written by Martin Luther King 1963. Justice delayed for too long is justice deprived.

In fact, this legal proverb emphasizes that justice should be free, because nothing is more unfair than taking bribes and perverting the law; Integrity, because justice should not stop; And speed, because procrastination is a denial.

Translated into Chinese, justice should be free, and the worst person in the world pays bribes for justice; Justice is sufficient, and those who walk a hundred miles are unjust; Justice should be timely, if it is late, it is better to refuse justice.