ShadowArxxy - When The Hammer Drops
Omake: When The Hammer Drops.
"My client would like to negotiate a plea."
Unfortunately for the oligarchs, having one of the biggest and most prominent law firms in Griffon's Roost "inside" their conspiracy meant that they were now all being defended by a ramshackle arrangement of painfully junior associates and legal interns, since every single named partner and senior associate of the firm was currently sitting in prison under indictment as one of many, many co-conspirators. But since the firm itself had not been indicted in its corporate identity, it was still the counsel of record -- on top of which, no other firm had expressed any willingness to take these cases.
"I'm sure he would. Unfortunately, the Crown is not going to bargain today."
"W...what?"
"Simply that, Mr. Kessner. The Crown has more than sufficient evidence against your client and all indicted co-conspirators. Your client cannot tell us anything we do not already know."
"Even for a plea of nolo contendere?"
"The Crown will not accept a plea of nolo contendere."
"WHAT?"
"Nolo contendere may only be pled at the discretion of the court, and Her Majesty has personally decreed that no such pleas shall be accepted for these cases. The only plea we will accept is 'guilty' to all charges."
"And if my client so pleads?"
"Then your client will be hung from the neck until dead for high treason."
"As opposed to?"
"As opposed to being drawn and quartered for high treason in time of war."
"T...that's outrageous!"
"Your client's offenses are outrageous, Mr. Kessner, and The Crown wishes for all cases in this matter to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
"My client would like to negotiate a plea."
Unfortunately for the oligarchs, having one of the biggest and most prominent law firms in Griffon's Roost "inside" their conspiracy meant that they were now all being defended by a ramshackle arrangement of painfully junior associates and legal interns, since every single named partner and senior associate of the firm was currently sitting in prison under indictment as one of many, many co-conspirators. But since the firm itself had not been indicted in its corporate identity, it was still the counsel of record -- on top of which, no other firm had expressed any willingness to take these cases.
"I'm sure he would. Unfortunately, the Crown is not going to bargain today."
"W...what?"
"Simply that, Mr. Kessner. The Crown has more than sufficient evidence against your client and all indicted co-conspirators. Your client cannot tell us anything we do not already know."
"Even for a plea of nolo contendere?"
"The Crown will not accept a plea of nolo contendere."
"WHAT?"
"Nolo contendere may only be pled at the discretion of the court, and Her Majesty has personally decreed that no such pleas shall be accepted for these cases. The only plea we will accept is 'guilty' to all charges."
"And if my client so pleads?"
"Then your client will be hung from the neck until dead for high treason."
"As opposed to?"
"As opposed to being drawn and quartered for high treason in time of war."
"T...that's outrageous!"
"Your client's offenses are outrageous, Mr. Kessner, and The Crown wishes for all cases in this matter to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
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