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justification to initiate an
interrogation; interestingly, this drug-induced grilling regularly uncovers
more than the original charge, not a desired outcome for the accused. It’s in
the suspect’s best interests to confess early and avoid an S1.
     At this point White Rock Prison, in Sector
13, is the first prison to execute their death row inmates using S3. The
execution of 155 inmates in a matter of weeks was a shock even to our demanding
public. The news media, for once, stayed off the soap box and basically just
reported the events as they occurred.
     A second advance team is assembling at
Fort Green Prison, debriefing staff, installing equipment, getting prisoners
ready.  With the S3, there will be no doubt about the prisoner’s guilt and the
execution can proceed or if innocent, the inmate released.
    Oh, I forgot to expand on the dangers
associated with an S3; if the scanning exceeds 45 minutes, there is always some
degree of permanent brain injury. The damage becomes particularly relevant if
the accused is found to be innocent.
    Mamma Mia……………. can you believe this mess?
     
     
     
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    “Kiss my ass!”
    Harry studied his facial expression in the
mirror and thought he should be smiling when he delivered the line. Earlier in
the week he’d read: John Wayne Gacy, the famous serial killer, the Clown Killer
from Chicago, had screamed these last words. He’d shouted at his guards who
were forcing him into the lethal injection room. Harry thought this was the way
to go out. If he was arrested, he would scream it at the reporters: more headlines
for a star, a killer, the way to go out.
    On a daily basis, he practiced his
delivery.  Now with a sneer, rather than a smile, he tried again. “Kiss my
ass!” That was it. Perfect. “Kiss my ass!”
     
     

CHAPTER 8: THE BLACK ANGEL ARRIVEs
    “You killed 155 men in 45 days?” 
    Pat’s response was measured. “Warden, as
you know, Justice Reborn requires all prisons to be decommissioned within 12
months. And one of the first steps is clearing death row by either carrying out
the original sentence or freeing the prisoner. Hence, it would be more accurate
to state: we executed 125 convicts by carrying out the court imposed sentence.
The only nuance of this process was the additional 30 prisoners who had
previous capital crimes uncovered, and they were dealt with under Amendment
33-2.”
    Five people occupied all the chairs in a
large conference room on the top floor of the administration building. A small
east window filtered in the early morning sun and faint noises sifted in from
the exercise yard below, overall a drab morning. Seated at the head of the
table, the Warden acted as chairman. He wore a baseball cap, an old cotton
athletic windbreaker with a time-worn crest, the entire ensemble inappropriate
for the meeting, the most intense in the history of Fort Green prison.
    Labeled as old fashioned, too soft,
avuncular, and known in the yard as ‘Uncle Willie’, the Warden had failed to
keep himself or his staff current. He generally ignored technological advances
and the new legislation which appeared to be changing weekly. There was little
doubt the Warden, an anomaly among prison administrators, was not a fan of the
new approach, Justice Reborn. But before he could retire his prison had been
selected as the second to clear a death row unit.
    “Warden, it appears I proceeded too quickly
under the assumption everyone was fully aware of what has taken place. Let me
start again.”
    They were huddled around a large
rectangular table. Pat, the speaker, although not condescending, was certainly
not impressed with the Warden and his senior staff, and she decided to revert
to basics.
     “To repeat my name is Pat Holdner, and I’m
the advance person for Sector 14. My job is to ensure you and your staff
understand the details and roles in this first step of Prison