¶ The Verdict: Guilty of Manslaughter
How soon? Soon, I bet. Quiet. Court is in session. What do you think, honestly? It'll be okay. They're not making eye contact. No need to. Either way. It's over. Has the jury reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor. Please rise. At your leisure. On the charge of first-degree murder. We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. Oh, thank God. Please remain quiet, Mr. Spacer. On the charge of voluntary manslaughter under diminished capacity, we, the jury, find the defendant...
Guilty. What? Get your client in order, please. Diminished capacity? I'm not crazy. I told you we should have pled insanity. I'm not insane. I don't want to extend this more than need be. We've spoken in my chambers and have already come to an agreement on sentencing should this be the verdict. No, you can't. We agreed to this. Do something, Mr. Spacer.
Frankly, with your actions over the past few years, it's a miracle you even skirted prison earlier. You had better thank your attorney for even allowing this ruling as I almost threw it out immediately. Voluntary manslaughter, even under diminished capacity, is a lesser sentence than I feel you deserve. But I didn't do anything. I'm innocent. You conducted an illegal autopsy almost two years ago.
You defiled a body protected by religious sanction. You were fired for it with your license revoked. Charges should have been filed then. You came to our town, terrorized coworkers, and killed a man with a scalpel. Deemed self-defense. Charges should have still been filed then. Now, countless heinous crimes later, you are still skirting by. And I only wish someone would have noticed that you needed help sooner.
Those you've killed and those you've hurt would have been better off without you. Because of this, I am invoking the maximum sentence of 10 years with mandatory psychiatric therapy. You should once again... Consider yourself lucky.
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