Chapter Nineteen-2

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The jury had returned a quick guilty verdict for the capital offense of a******y five days ago. Two days after that, they sentenced her to death by hanging. The judge set the date for three months from that time. The judge said her death was to be an example to all who choose to willfully disobey the laws of their state. Mary-Michael didn’t wish to die, especially for a lie told by someone as abominable as the former constable for Indian Point, Nelson Potts. Mr. Baxter had immediately announced their intent to appeal, and that’s what she now waited for. A date for an appeal. Mr. Baxter, as good a friend as he was to Mr. Watkins, tried his best to get her to reconsider telling the court about her husband’s desire that she go outside their marriage if she wanted a child. Because Mary-Micha

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