Giggles erupted among courtroom spectators as a floor-fan played with the judge’s toupee.
“Inconclusive evidence,” he declared in response to the jury’s verdict. “Case dismissed.”
Smiles illuminated faces of the accused, his lawyer and the gathered faithful. Anger painted others with frowns.
Unfortunate ‘accident’? Could the victim have lowered the lid by her own hand? Hers were the only fingerprints found.
The freed man scurried outdoors only to be stopped.
“You’re guilty,” hollered a hooded man, confronting the victor. “Pushed her in, didn’t ya?”
The case of his cousin found dead in a chest freezer needed to be revisited.
“Inconclusive evidence,” he declared in response to the jury’s verdict. “Case dismissed.”
Smiles illuminated faces of the accused, his lawyer and the gathered faithful. Anger painted others with frowns.
Unfortunate ‘accident’? Could the victim have lowered the lid by her own hand? Hers were the only fingerprints found.
The freed man scurried outdoors only to be stopped.
“You’re guilty,” hollered a hooded man, confronting the victor. “Pushed her in, didn’t ya?”
The case of his cousin found dead in a chest freezer needed to be revisited.
