Punishment

"All those in favour say I"

Again, the jurors all answered "I"

After this, there was a loud bang, and they started shuffling their things together to take their leave. 

General Seki sat with her fingers interlocked thinking, 'I just sat there and watched them persecute someone to die just because they were afraid to prosecute Byron further'

General Senki sighed, "Well it was either that or have the families hate us even more. At least this way we won't have any more families hating us".

She got up and left without feeling defeated. The animosity of all the families was already at an all-time high, so the committee has been constantly compromising to prevent them from working for the committee.

This was why she never felt defeated. No matter how innocent she felt Jacob was, he was just a person at the end of the day.