Ngaba ufuna uncedo lwezomthetho? qalisa

#MyLegalAidStory: Bill Ferry


Ithunyelwe nge-21 ka-Epreli ngo-2023
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UBill Ferry ligqwetha elizinikeleyo elizinikele ekusebenziseni izakhono zalo ukwenza umahluko kubomi babantu baseOhio abangafumani nkonzo. Umdla wakhe wokuvolontiya kuNcedo lwezoMthetho waqala xa owayesakuba afunda naye kwiKholeji yoMthetho yeYunivesithi yaseCleveland State wakhuthaza uBill ukuba abe livolontiya kuNcedo lwezoMthetho, yaye kungekudala wazifumanisa ebandakanyeka kuzo zombini. Iiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziMafutshane eLorain nakwimiba yomntu ngamnye kwi Thatha inkqubo yeCase.

La mava amncedile ukuba akuqonde ukubaluleka kokufikelela kwabo bakwiindawo esihlala kuzo abangakwaziyo ukufikelela lula kuncedo lwezomthetho. UBill uyithathele ingqalelo le nto, engasebenzi nje eLorain kodwa nakwiiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziNgcaciso ze-Oberlin, njengoko umntwana wakhe omncinci efunda kwiKholeji yase-Oberlin. 

Nangona kuMthetho oYilwayo, ukuvolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho lungaphezulu nje kwendlela yokubuyisela: yindlela yokusebenzisa amandla amagqwetha anawo ukwenza utshintsho olulungileyo. “Njengomfundi wezomthetho, omnye unjingalwazi wam wathi ukuba ligqwetha kuya kundinika amandla amakhulu. Ekuqaleni, ndandingazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini oko, kodwa ndiye ndafunda ukuba xa ndithetha enkundleni, iNkundla iyakukholelwa oko ndikuthethayo; xa ndibhala iileta okanye izibongozo ezisemthethweni, ndichaphazela amalungelo abantu abasemthethweni kunye noxanduva; xa ndincokola noluntu kwincoko eqhelekileyo, balindele iimpendulo ezinenyameko nezichanekileyo. Njengamagqwetha, ngokwenene sinikwe amandla amakhulu-kunye noxanduva olulinganayo. "

UMthetho oYilwayo uyabuqonda ubunzima boxanduva oluza nokuba ligqwetha, kwaye ukholelwa ukuba amagqwetha anomsebenzi wokubonelela ngoncedo lwezomthetho kwabo bangenako ukulufikelela. Uyaqonda ukuba izigidi zabantu baseOhio kufuneka bathathe inxaxheba kwiinkqubo zomthetho, kodwa abaninzi kakhulu abanakukwazi ukumela imiba apho ukumelwa kungaqinisekiswanga. 

Umbono kaBill uvela ngokuyinxenye kwindlela yakhe engeyiyo yemveli yomthetho: uchithe iminyaka eliqela esebenza kwicandelo lekhompyuter emva kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo nakwibhanki emva kwekholeji, ngaphambi kokuba afumane isidanga sakhe somthetho ngexesha lokuphakama kweRecession enkulu. Imvelaphi yakhe eyahlukeneyo kunye nezifundo zesidanga sokuqala kwezoqoqosho kunye nesayensi yezopolitiko zimkhonze kakuhle, evumela uBill ukuba akhe umsebenzi oyimpumelelo kumthetho weshishini kunye nokucwangciswa kwezindlu. 

Ngaphandle kweshedyuli yakhe exakekileyo, uBill usazibophelele ekubeni livolontiya noNcedo lwezoMthetho kuba uyawuqonda umahluko omkhulu onokwenziwa ngamangenelelo asemthethweni kwangexesha kubomi babaxumi. Ubona indima yakhe njengegqwetha njengokuthatha umlo kwimiba yomthetho kunye nokunceda abathengi bafumane izisombululo ezinengqondo kunye nezisebenzayo kwiingxaki zabo zomthetho.

I-Bill Ferry ligqwetha eliphumeleleyo elizinikele ngokunzulu kwivolontiya loNcedo lwezoMthetho ukubonelela ngoncedo lwezomthetho kubantu baseOhio abangafumani nkonzo. Ukholelwa ukuba amagqwetha anoxanduva lokusebenzisa amandla awo ngokulungileyo kwaye ancede abo bangenakho ukumelwa. Ngokubandakanyeka kwakhe kuNcedo lwezoMthetho, uBill wenza umahluko obonakalayo kubomi babaxumi bakhe kunye noluntu lwakhe. 


Uncedo lwezoMthetho luyabothula umsebenzi onzima wethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukubandakanyeka, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.

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