Early in the morning, inmates jugged around the courtyard, doing their morning exercise. Lewis has not been allowed contact with the others for a while now so when they saw him handcuffed wrist to ankle, they halted and plastered on the courtyard net to watch him.It was just a normal cool with the sun still hiding behind the clouds and the fog from last night cleared up before dawn. Two police men with assault rifles held Lewis on the elbow as they escorted him to the jail van.Words had gone round since that night, it is widely known that Lewis murdered one of the top inmates and not only would he face the consequences of the law but the inmates were seriously cheering for his death.Some of them picked rocks and tried hurling it outside the net but it was not possible.“Son of a mongrel”“Cut that dickhead limpy!”“I swear, you better don't come back to gen Pop! I will kill you myself!”“Fuck you Baker!”They sounded aggravated. Death was a normal thing in Chicago prison but the in
~Court room, Chicago~After acknowledging the judge, the opening speech was read before the judge commenced his speech.“In today's trial, the murderer of James Yuri will face the law and its judgment. Can the accused stand please?” the judge ordered.Lewis stood up and clasped his hands. “Mr. Lewis Baker you are guilty for murdering James Yuri and therefore, by the power of the law and in the belief of true justice, you are therefore sentenced to death by hanging,” the judge ordered.The crowd muttered among themselves. James' relatives and friends cheered because finally justice was served.“Court adjourned!” The judge knocked the gravel. Then the members stood up in honor for the judge to exit.After that, they started dispersing, leaving the room as they entered. Lewis stood motionless in the accused box.Finally, it happened, he thought.He looked around the room and locked eyes with Duke who was approaching him with an inexpressive face.“Mr. Lewis, it's me again, Duke.”He off
“Boss, I heard that fish was sentenced to death, I don't have to do the job again, right?” Nash approached Chun Li in the flight of stairs when he was going downstairs to have a cigarette.“What? Come here,” his voice was deep and smoky.Nash fidgeted but he knew better not to waste time, so he drew closer to Chun Li.“Do you know that all deaths are not the same? There is different pain for each death and there are levels to these pains,” he puffed smoke into the air.“Now, when he dies through legal execution, he dies peacefully with the Lord, because men who serve God will pray and have him to repent before execution. But when he dies by the blade of this dagger, he dies with his sins and the blood of an innocent man,” Chun Li explained with all seriousness.He pinched Nash on the cheek making him contour his face in pain.“Do you see the difference now?” he asked.“Ye-ye-yes!” Nash cried.“And if you really want to join my gang, this is your assignment. I believe you know what hap
IN ADVANCE: THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. ANY NAME, PLACES, SCENES RESEMBLANCE TO REALITY IS COINCIDENTAL AND STRAIGHT OUT OF AUTHOR'S IMAGINATION.“It's....I just want to hack into this surveillance. Uhm, I work there actually, here is my batch and there has been a case recently which I am trying to work on.” officer Viviette explained.The tech guy with a relaxed face gave her time to express herself before replying, “Which correctional institution?” the guy asked.“Chicago prison.”The guy momentarily zoned out before picking a flier from his desk, he surveyed it and handed it to Viviette.Viviette reluctantly took it, she turned it around only to view something that shattered her heart into million pieces. Her face ashened.The guy cracked his knuckles and said, “Townsfolk have been offered bucks to get claws on Lewis once they see him.”“Ho-how how?” Viviette stammered.“I know what brought you here and you must know that we receive every news about what transpired inside that jug.
When she got to the office, she unlocked the door and stepped in. The heater was on, and immediately she felt the warmth, she had to lean her back on the door for a minute before exhaling heavily.Then she started rummaging her drawer for the key to the drug center. It was next door beside her. She found the key and stood in front of the door.Staff were not ordinarily allowed in there, the door is only opened every Saturdays to refill drugs or on days inmates were released and they would need them to sign a paper or on rare days death row inmates are to be executed like Lewis.She sighed before unlocking the door. The coolness of the placid room chilled her, and the white ambience added to the fresh smell of mint. They sprayed nontoxic substances to mask the smell of drugs.Immediately she went to the file holder and searched through. It didn't take time to find Lewis's file. She exhaled again, perhaps she should carry this to her office and read. They are yet to install a CCTV in h
~DR ward, Chicago prison~An officer in charge of DR inmates dragged Lewis in his oversized white pants. Yesterday, after he was sent to the DR [death row] ward, they provided a new uniform for him, specially made for DR inmates. It was a white bogo vest with ‘DR’ engraved on the back, and oversized pants with a rubber white sandal.The belief is that dressing in an all white uniform will get them to recognize their sins and repent before execution.Now, there was no smile on Lewis's face as the officer took him to the viewing room.It was a large overhead pond with lots of colorful fishes in it. Lewis stood there for a minute and got bored real quick, not that the view interested him but then his eyes fell on one of the windows lining up at the opposite second floor.Someone was peeking out of it and he could see the person.Officer Viviette.She raised her index finger to shush him, silently telling him not to talk.He gulped before throwing a look at the guard who stood on the exi
Officer Viviette didn't waste a second to head to CEO Connor's office, she was over the moon but she tried hard to hide it, though the little blush on her face gave her out.Bringing her to ask herself, was she happy because Lewis wasn't her attacker or that fair justice will be served?“When did he say this?” CEO Connor asked.“Not too long ago.”“Officer Viviette, you went against my order. Didn't you get my message?” CEO Connor asked, his face was void of any emotions.“But we were about to execute the wrong man, aren't you happy that we didn't make this big mistake?” “Happy?” he sighed, “All of them are equal.”But officer Viviette disagreed with that, she inwardly shook her head. Even though those prisoners have been termed as harmful people, she couldn't say that for Lewis. She always has a strange feeling when it comes to him and after this she should privately look into this matter.“We will reinvestigate the case again, and if it turns out that the original trial was wrong,
CEO Connor then turned to Lewis.“I need solid evidence that this man was with you that night.”Somehow, Lewis saw this coming, but he was not afraid because no matter what, they can't lie or hide forever. “How about we bring Chun Li? He was the master planner of this scheme,” Lewis threw CEO Connor a glance.“No, we are not bringing forth another inmate. Ten officers suspended their work for you,” he exhaled, “I told you what will happen if you don't succeed in this.”The officers had to sigh, they now looked pissed off that their boss had to listen to Lewis. CEO Connor turned to them and said, “Thanks for your time, you can go back to your duties.”They soon dispersed, leaving only Lewis, officer Viviette and the CEO in the mess hall.Officer Viviette jumped down from the table and cleared her throat. Really, she had been seated there because she thought she would recognise the officer but it didn't work out and now they had to find another way to clean this mess. Clearly looking,