Power and Justice by Peter O'Mahoney

Author:Peter O'Mahoney [O'Mahoney, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roam Free Publishing
Published: 2019-03-01T22:00:00+00:00

I hope the case conference goes the way you want today. Keep an eye on that defense lawyer. I’ve heard that he’s going to try and blame the wife, Kim Sulzberger.

A knock at the door took her focus away from the email.

“Good of you to finally join me, Tex,” Law quipped as Tex Hunter walked into the room. “I’m not wasting your time; I hope.”

“How about we stop wasting everyone’s time and drop these ridiculous charges.” He smiled.

“No can do, I’m afraid.” She looked to the door, but nobody else walked through. “Your client didn’t want to join us today?”

“You look disappointed that he’s not here?”

“I am. I expected him to come to this meeting, to his future. I would’ve liked to put the deal to him myself, and truthfully, I wanted to see the man. I want to know how he’s going, and I enjoy looking into criminals’ eyes before I send them away.”

“Then we have a problem because Robert Sulzberger is no criminal and you won’t be sending him away. He was set up.”

“Oh, this will be good.” She rolled her eyes as Hunter placed his briefcase on the table, unbuttoned his jacket, and sat down. “I’m guessing that you’re going after the wife? She’s going to be the person that you pin this on? If it is, bad luck. The police investigated her, and this office has investigated her, and we’re satisfied that she wasn’t involved. Her fingerprints aren’t even in the basement.”

“Don’t you find that unusual? No fingerprints in her own house? Perhaps that’s a little too unusual.”

“What are you suggesting?”

“Her fingerprints were cleaned from the scene.”

“I really hope you’ve got more to present to me than just that.”

“We have evidence. And we have a suspect.”

“I sense that you are going to include a ‘but’ in your next sentence.”

“But we need more time to build this case. We have to piece the puzzle together first. We have all the pieces, but we have to move them into place.”

“I don’t believe you.” Law shook her head. “What I think is happening is that you’re trying to play us. You’re trying to fake that you have a suspect so that you can start to negotiate for a reduced sentence. You’re going to tell everyone that you’re after Kim Sulzberger, that she’s a real suspect. But no. That’s not going to work this time. Not with this case. This man is too high profile for us to give out a reduced charge of second-degree murder. It wouldn’t look good for us if we gave out a reduced sentence without seeing the evidence first. We would even be investigated if we gave out a reduced sentence and I, for one, am not going to risk my job for a lying politician.”

Hunter leaned back in his chair, waiting before he responded. “Finished your rant?”

“It wasn’t a rant.” She groaned. “Did he take the deal or not?”

“No.”

“Will he consider another deal in the future?”

“Yes, he will.”

“Good.” She typed on her laptop. “I’ll let my boss know, and we’ll discuss the length of another deal.

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