Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Randall arrived for my first appeal. My parents sat behind us as he, essentially, repeated the argument he made at my sentencing trial. There was no magic bag of legal trickery, no brilliant twists of logic. The repetition of his argument did not inspire my confidence, so it was no surprise when the jury ruled in favor of upholding my sentence. My mother was inconsolable, as she saw my life slipping away in front of her very eyes. But, Randall reassured us that we had two more appeals left and that we would not go down without a fight. I don't think any of us were convinced and the legal team assigned to me had proved to be of little use.
I debated the idea of refusing any further appeals. My parents were already going through hell and if I was going to lose the ne
