prologue

"All rise !" The cleric barked as Judge Martha walked into the courtroom. After the judge had been sitted, he backed in the same manner for all to sit.

" What's the first case for today?" Judge Martha asked in her traditional commanding but calm voice. The cleric read the cases , " Final hearing of Stones Rutherwold vs State for the February 14th murders of Ruth Casey and Antonia Boldy".

After the briefing by the cleric, the Attorneys for both the accused and the State were called in to summarize their argument.