The Whisperer by Carrisi Donato

Author:Carrisi, Donato [Carrisi, Donato]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780316207874
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2012-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

District of ••••••

Office of the District Attorney

J. B. Marin

Dic. 11—c.a.

For the Attention of the Director, Dr. Alphonse Bérenger.

c/o Prison of •••••.

Penitential District No. 45.

Subject: in reply to the “confidential” report of 23 November.

Dear Dr. Bérenger,

I am writing in reply to your request for additional investigations into the individual imprisoned in your penitentiary and so far identified only as prisoner number RK-357/9. I regret to inform you that the latest research into the man’s identity has produced no results.

I agree with you when you state that the suspicion exists that prisoner RK-357/9 may have committed some serious crime in the past, and is doing everything he can to keep it in the dark. At this point, DNA examination is the only instrument at our disposal to confirm or deny it.

However, as you know very well, we cannot force prisoner RK-357/9 to carry out the test. In fact, this would expose us to a serious violation of his rights with regard to the crime for which he has been sentenced (refusing to supply identification to public officials).

This would be a different matter if there were “substantial” and “unequivocal” indications that prisoner RK-357/9 was responsible for a serious crime, or if there were “serious motives for thinking him a danger to society.”

At present, however, this is not the case.

In the light of this, the only way we have of getting hold of his DNA is to take it directly from matter of organic origin, with the sole condition that this has been casually lost or left spontaneously by the subject in the course of his normal daily activities.

Taking into account the hygienic obsession of prisoner RK-357/9, this Office authorizes prison guards to enter his cell without warning to inspect it with a view to retrieving the said organic material.

In the hope that this expedient is adequate for the achievement of the purpose, I remain yours sincerely,

Vice District Attorney

Matthew Sedris

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