DIFFERENT WORLDS

Chapter 75

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⚪️ Omniscient POV ⚪️

The judge enters into the courtroom and everyone stands. Eyes follow her as she takes a seat. She then orders the court to sit and they obey.

A mixture of anxiousness and hate fills the room. The courtroom is so quiet that the slightest sound made can be heard. The sound of papers ruffling fills the room as the Judge skims through the court documents presented in front of her.

The prosecutors tap their fingers impatiently waiting for the verdict of the judge.

Her face remains stoic revealing nothing. Klaus' attorneys watch her every move wanting to make sure she went through every piece of evidence presented.

The act of her skipping back to a piece of evidence and comparing it to another raises their hopes a bit.

A small almost invisible smile makes its way onto the face of Mr Reid, Klaus' attorney.

For the next 10 minutes, the courtroom remains silent for the dreadful wait to end.

With the sound of papers being gathered together and the clearing of a throat, backs are straightened and eyes focused straight ahead, ears perk up like those of a dog's.

"I did review the evidence in my chambers and here once again and this is beyond disturbing," The judge pauses and lifts her eyes from the paper in front of her and to the anxious audience.

"A man was possibly wrongfully placed in prison and at his time there was treated as if he was nothing, this same man lays motionless in a hospital bed" her eyes move over to the prosecution's side.

"With the reviewing of the evidence and the jury's verdict, I have already come to my verdict but I want to hear closing statements" she closes and allows the prosecution to proceed.

"We don't agree with what was done to Mr Simmons but we have to understand that we are talking about a man that would kill you in a heartbeat, a man that is obviously in some sort of wrongdoings to be caught which all the things he was. How can Jamaica get better when it comes to crime and violence if those who are creating the problem get let off easily because all of a sudden the evidence provided isn't enough to keep them from our communities and maybe out of our country."

"A beg of you my fellow Jamaicans do what is right and keep Mr Simmons exactly where he is, he's a stepping stone to where we will be in the future if we lock away men like him" they close and the room becomes tense.

Minds are changing and regrets linger around the jury's decision.

Klaus' lawyer clears his throat and walks into the centre of the room. Eyes pierce him and he removes his jacket placing it on the table. He rolls up his sleeves to his elbows and raises his hand above his head giving everyone in the courtroom a clear view.

"This mark that I have on my hands runs straight into my back," he says as he outlines the mark on his arm stretching from his palm into his clothes.

"I got it from a bunch of police officers who felt like they wanted to teach me a lesson. I was 24 years old fresh out of Norman Manley Law school and had just taken the bar two days before this happened."