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“I hope this is relevant”

“We are in possession of that undergarment and believe if it’s tested, you will find Reynolds’s DNA on it”

“And?”

“You will also see photographic evidence of one Star Brandon, a high-class hooker Reynolds was servicing at the time my client acted in defense”

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he prosecutor seems bored at this point “How is this evidence?”

“As you can further see in the photograph, Ms Brandon’s neck and torso are bruised and battered Reynolds was in the process of strangling Brandon to the point of death when my client was compelled to use deadly force to rescue her”

“Sloan Reynolds was unarmed at the time of death Deadly force was not required Three to five years, one year in prison less time served, the rest on probation”

In that instant, Marcus’s tone changes, and I hear why he’s the best “We’re not letting our client spend one ht behind bars We want hi officer, a ue professor, and a leader in the security field He had objective reason to believe the only way to stop Sloan Reynolds’s pattern of abusive murder was to take hi his family’s money to fund his lifestyle of abuse and cruelty to woot as solid a case as we need, sir”

Silence falls over the conference roo the ball, and doing the Harlem Shuffle all at once On the outside, we’re as cool as the minute alked in

Earl sits back and sighs “As you es on behalf of Mr Reynolds’ faenuinely interested in the possibility of a conviction”

My insides are tense, and I sense Marcus preparing to hear hiood to say about Sloan

“Mr Reynolds’ company took out a sizable life insurance policy on him The insurance company has been reluctant to pay because of the appearance that Mr Reynolds ht have somehow committed suicide, since he was alone and there was no recorded cause of death In which case they do not have to pay”

“Makes a difference,” Marcus says with a nod

“On the other hand, if Mr Reynolds were et a double recovery under the policy”