Finished up the last of the trial stuff today at 41,000 words. Now, I have to cover all the motions for a new trial and the court appeals and such that have happened since the final conviction. Also have to pay a bit of attention to the fact that Harris has married a retired airline pilot while in prison and continues to seek freedom, although that's not going to happen.
There's way too much of that appeal BS, but the system is designed to make certain nobody innocent falls through the cracks. In a case like this one, it's all too evident that the three defendants were guilty as sin and, had justice really been served, would have been consigned to take a one-way ride on "Ol' Sparky" instead of wasting air and space today. I won't mention anything about wasting taxpayer money because it's much cheaper to house them for life than it is to execute them.
Anyway, I'm just looking forward to getting all these little ducks in a row and then taking a break before I begin the process of polishing this clump of rough stone into a shiny gem. It may never be that, but it will be better than it is at this moment for damned sure.
Then, I can go back to writing nice, easy fiction, where it makes less of a rat's ass if you're exactly correct or not.
There's way too much of that appeal BS, but the system is designed to make certain nobody innocent falls through the cracks. In a case like this one, it's all too evident that the three defendants were guilty as sin and, had justice really been served, would have been consigned to take a one-way ride on "Ol' Sparky" instead of wasting air and space today. I won't mention anything about wasting taxpayer money because it's much cheaper to house them for life than it is to execute them.
Anyway, I'm just looking forward to getting all these little ducks in a row and then taking a break before I begin the process of polishing this clump of rough stone into a shiny gem. It may never be that, but it will be better than it is at this moment for damned sure.
Then, I can go back to writing nice, easy fiction, where it makes less of a rat's ass if you're exactly correct or not.
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