Immoral Certainty
“The trial occupied two and a half days. On the first two of these, the prosecution presented its case: the arresting officer, the injured officer, the huge knife covered with Felix’s fingerprints, the forensic evidence, the bag of swag also covered with Felix’s prints.
By the end of the second day Felix had gotten the hint and on the third day, which had been reserved for closing arguments, the guest of honor chose not to attend. This did not stop the trial. While the Constitution gives us the right to confront our accusers in open court, it doesn’t say we have to hear ourselves convicted, and so Felix was convicted, on all counts, in absentia, like an escaped spy.
A warrant was duly issued for his arrest. His folder, with its mug shots and personal information, was thrown into the felony warrant basket and taken to the office where the warrants were converted into arrest cards and sent to the NYPD and to police departments throughout the country and to the FBI’s National Crime Inform...ation Center.MoreLess
By the end of the second day Felix had gotten the hint and on the third day, which had been reserved for closing arguments, the guest of honor chose not to attend. This did not stop the trial. While the Constitution gives us the right to confront our accusers in open court, it doesn’t say we have to hear ourselves convicted, and so Felix was convicted, on all counts, in absentia, like an escaped spy.
A warrant was duly issued for his arrest. His folder, with its mug shots and personal information, was thrown into the felony warrant basket and taken to the office where the warrants were converted into arrest cards and sent to the NYPD and to police departments throughout the country and to the FBI’s National Crime Inform...ation Center.MoreLess
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