The courtroom was packed.
Every bench filled. Reporters shoulder-to-shoulder. Survivors from Stonewall Prison in the gallery, candles and hope in their eyes.
Kaylee sat in the witness box, back straight, fingers loosely clasped. She wore a simple black suit and no gloves.
She didn't need to hide her hands anymore.
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Clarence Wolfe entered in shackles.
The crowd whispered. Flashbulbs popped.
He looked older. Deflated. But not broken—yet.
As he approached the defendant's table, he glanced at Kaylee.
She didn't blink.
The judge's gavel cracked. “Court is now in session."
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The prosecution laid out the case in hard, precise detail:
* Kickback contracts with five private prisons.
* Doctored psychiatric evaluations of over forty inmates.
* Bribes to federal inspectors.
* Cons
