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Jennings v. Voss et al

Words: 2468 · Source Novel:: The Mercy Engine

The widow of a Toller cousin files a wrongful death suit, and the district attorney charges Crane with premeditated murder. The civil trial becomes a civic circus: jurors weep for the lonely old man while the defense attorney, Harriet Lyle, argues that the traps were an act of desperate self-protection. The plaintiffs' lawyer paints Crane as a cold-blooded executioner. Vigils are held, petitions circulate to rename a park bench after Crane, and a gofundme raises thousands—but not a single local ordinance is proposed to protect seniors from serial burglary.