Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley

Author:Robert Daley [Daley, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riviera Productions Ltd.
Published: 2009-07-06T23:00:00+00:00

Karen, meanwhile, had reported to Harbison, as requested. She found him in the late DA's big office. There were cartons on the floor. The flaps were all laid back and he was unpacking them. As she watched he carried an armload of stuff to the DA's desk.

"You moved in here pretty quickly, didn't you?" she said, glancing around the office. "He's not cold yet."

"Until the governor appoints an interim DA I'm in charge."

"Yes, I know that.” She handed him a sheaf of papers. "Here are the minutes of today's action as you requested. Runs, hits and errors."

"Not too many errors, I hope.” Harbison gave a weak smile, as if he had meant this to sound amusing. But Karen did not find it so.

"The trial is not going as well as I hoped," he commented as he placed books on shelves.

Karen was focused not on him but on her trial. McCarthy's game, obviously, was to rouse the jury to a racist fever, and she was trying to think of a way to stop it and him. Unfortunately, the bar association's Rules of Professional Conduct permitted nearly all of what McCarthy was doing, or at least did not expressly forbid it. It was a grey area. She could complain to the court, but presumably Judge Birnbaum had already decided in favor of McCarthy, for he had done nothing to stop him up to now. Her complaint would be taken as criticism, and judges did not like to be criticized. It would make him angry, and if it made him angry enough all his decisions would start going against her--a sure way to lose the trial.

All these thoughts were going through her head. Harbison said: "As soon as I get straightened out here, you and I will have to have a talk.”

Karen gave him a look. "Sure," she said, and nodded to him and went out.

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