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AFTER THE TRIAL
by: W. H. Gillespie aka RedWilly
As the judge entered the courtroom slowly, the bailiff looked at him with wonder and concern.
The judge began to speak before he even got to his seat. "Will the defendants rise?"
Now in his rightful chair behind the large bench, he gazed down on the men with great pity and sympathy as he began his speech, "Gentlemen, I will first read the charges brought against you and then the verdict of this court on said charges.
The first charge you have been tried for is kidnaping. It has been established that you held the plaintiff captive for a ransom that nobody could pay. No one on the entire planet could satisfy your demands, not even her. While in your custody, you forced the plaintiff to surrender certain possessions belonging to her until she had no more to give. When you first abducted her, you said you would be good to her and treat her right, but as you got older you gained power and strength and used this new found power to hold her against her will. For this charge, you have been found guilty.
The second charge you have been tried for is rape. It is to this court's understanding that you tore her garments from her as she wept and pleaded with you to stop. All the screams of pain by the plaintiff could not sway your decision to rape her of her body and dignity. For the charge of rape, you have been found guilty.
The third and final charge you have been tried and found guilty for is torture.
Now gentlemen, this in itself might be the most serious of the crimes committed by you. You physically abused and disfigured the plaintiff in your bizarre search for whatever you could get from her. You defecated your waste onto her body as if it were an ordinary latrine. The plaintiff's very will for survival might have been compromised had this torture continued a moment longer. Breaking her pride and will as if she were a horse to ride, you have inflicted a physical and mental handicap on this woman that will take years of rest and attention to recover from, if indeed she can ever recover.
Gentlemen, you refused to seek counsel when I advised you to do so. You stated you would be able to defend yourself in a respectful and capable manner. You have done an excellent job of arguing a case for which there is no argument, Therefore your senten ce is as follows.
In the matter brought before this court of Mother Earth vs. Mankind. I God, your only judge and jury, sentence you to be remanded into the custody of the plaintiff. For when she recovers enough of her strength, she will bring down on you a vengeance to e nd all vengeance and consume you as violently as you have consumed her.
May I have mercy on your soul!
Bailiff, clear the court."
'After The Trial' © by W.H. Gillespie 1998
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