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Zach was grateful for the breakfast that morning as he watched Alyssa chase the lettuce in her salad around the plate, pretending to eat. The judge had called a recess. Lockhart had been taken to the cell in the basement of the courthouse and likely fed lunch on a metal tray. Zach hoped for thirty years of lunch on metal trays slid through the bars for what the man had done to Alyssa and her mom. Because Shaun and the DA had worked to keep the press from learning anything about Alyssa and the case, the lawyers were able to find jurors who knew nothing of her or what she had endured. Until today. Alyssa’s attorney had begun to lay the foundation for why Jim Lockhart needed to pay for his deeds. Zach understood the justice system wasn’t perfect. Though he hadn’t been in a courtroom befor
