This Fic is actually set post immediately post season 8. There is an omission of sorts… in the fact that I haven't referenced the P2P or EJ/Ray issues. It's not that they don't exist… it just they don't have anything to do with this story basically so I didn't feel the need to bring them in… Please feel free to R&R.
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Friday, August 19
Judge Daniel Wolfe folded the small piece of paper in his hand and reached up and removed his semi moon glasses before addressing the foreman of the Jury before him.
"Mr Foreman, have you reached your verdict?"
A hush fell over the room. The courtroom was packed. When wasn't it? But for the past week and a half, the intensity of the gallery had been… more… there was something palpable about the air.
Murder cases were never easy. They were harder still when the accused was so devoid of emotion. Sometimes it was better to have a swirling mass of emotion running through the room. It was easier to get a sense of how the act was going to play out. But this… this case had been nigh on eerie.
There was no demonstrative jeering and wailing from the distraught family. The closest there had been was some snorting and sniggering from the prosecutions side of the room. There had been more animation and emotion coming from the counsel than anyone – barring that one witness of course.
When this case was over Judge Wolfe promised himself a very large drink…
"We have your honor."
"And how do you find the defendant?"
Glancing over from the jurors to the defense table, Daniel Wolfe watched as the accused man lowered his head, steeling himself as twelve of his peers sealed his fate.
"On the charge of murder in first degree, we the jury find the defendant Anthony DiNozzo Jnr…"
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Oh c'mon, you didn't think I was going to let you off that easy surely?
Never fear dear reader… all will be revealed… in due course… at the appropriate juncture… in the fullness of time…