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"Death of an ADA"
By TwilightSparkle3562
Chapter 1
"Sentenced to Death"
Jack McCoy was doing something that he had never done before: he was in the gallery of a courtroom while he watched a trial that he was supposed to prosecute. It had been the longest five days of his life, ever since he learned the death of one his youngest and brightest assistant District Attorneys, Alexandra Borgia. When Jack learned that she had been kidnapped and brutally murdered by two thugs that were working for a DEA agent, he stopped at nothing to get these two men off of the streets. However, the methods he used to obtain these two men were deemed questionable by the Governor of New York and as a result, the assistant Attorney General for the state of New York was appointed special prosecutor of the trial for these men.
Now, five days after the trial began, closing arguments had been made and the jury had returned for its verdict. Jack had been somewhat afraid of this because overseeing the trial was his most hated enemy, Judge William Wright, who had overturned several verdicts that Jack had managed to win.
"Has the jury reached a verdict?" he asked and the lead foreperson, a woman, rose to her feet.
"We have, your honor," she said and then Judge Wright turned his attention towards the two men who killed Borgia and eight other people, Ricky Robinson and Vincent Mugorski.
"Will the defendants please rise?" asked Judge Wright and the two men, with no remorse on their faces, rose to their feet along with their court appointed lawyer, Alan Bacon. Judge Wright then turned back to the jury foreperson. "On the nine counts of murder in the first degree, how do you find the defendant Richard Robinson?"
"We find the defendant, Richard Robinson, guilty," said the foreperson as Jack McCoy looked down at the floor of the courtroom. Both Detective Fontana and Detective Green, along with Lieutenant Van Buren, looked back at the defendants who just stood there not even bothering to look back at the gallery who had relatives of the people they had killed.
"On the nine counts of murder in the first degree," asked Judge Wright. "How do you find the defendant, Vincent Mugroski?"
"We find the defendant, Vincent Mugroski, guilty," replied the foreperson as Jack turned to his left to see Alexandra's mother, Cassandra, sobbing into the arms of her husband, Alexander while her brother, Daniel, looked on at his parents.
Jack also looked over to the defense side of the gallery where he saw the very few relatives of Ricky and Vincent also sobbing, knowing that their loved ones were going to be punished for their crimes. Ricky and Vincent were also found guilty of numerous counts of robbery and burglary in addition to their murders, but it was the murders that Jack wanted to see these men guilty of.
"Thank you for your time, ladies and gentlemen of the jury," said Judge Wright, looking back over to them. "We will reconvene tomorrow morning for the sentencing phase. We're adjourned."
Judge Wright banged his gavel and Jack watched as the two men were dragged out of the courtroom by court officers. To Jack, it would have been much nicer if he was the one who put these monsters away, but it was what it was.
"Jack?" called a voice and Jack turned to see Brandon Gregory, the man who had replaced Jack for the court proceedings running over towards him as Jack stepped outside onto the court steps.
"Well done, Mr. Gregory," he said bitterly. "I told you not to screw it up and you didn't. But, its too bad you took all the credit in convicting these two monsters."
"I had to, Jack," sighed Gregory. "The governor was concerned that you weren't going to give these men a fair trial. I want you to know that all of New York City is reacting to Alex's death, not just you."
Despite what was said, Jack was still not convinced by this. After all, he was the one wanted to be there when these two men were found guilty.
"To this end, Jack," continued Gregory as Jack turned to walk away. "The governor is seeking the death penalty against Ricky and Vincent."
"I had intended to see these men rot in prison, Mr. Gregory," replied Jack. "But there is one thing that would make me and Alex's family happy and that is I want to be there when the needle is placed in their arms."
"That's up for Judge Wright to decide," said Gregory as he followed Jack down the steps. "However, if there is anything I can do to help you and the rest of the Borgia family, please let me know."
Jack smiled slightly at this, knowing that the governor's office was going to do everything they could to help with the funeral arrangements. But, he knew that nothing was going to bring Alex back from the dead. He had to bury one of his brightest and best assistants and Jack knew that it wasn't going to be easy.
The next morning, Jack, Arthur Branch and the Borgias as well as Fontana, Green and Van Buren sat in the gallery of the courtroom while Ricky and Vincent were brought out in shackles on their wrists and ankles, their bodies clothed in business suits and their faces still with no remorse on them.
"All rise," cried a court officer and Judge Wright walked onto the bench as the gallery sat down. "Judge William Wright presiding."
Once Wright was seated, the gallery sat down as well. Jack awaited nervously as Judge Wright sat silently on the bench while contemplating what he was going to say in regards to sentencing these two men. Jack feared that Judge Wright would just come up with some fake excuse to get these men free of their crimes, but to his surprise, Judge Wright was not going to do such a thing.
"Before I pass sentence on these two men," he began, folding his hands and placing them on his chin. "I want to address my reaction to what these two men did in this city. In 30 years of being a judge, I have never witnessed the trial of such monsters as the two men who have been convicted of these crimes that are against them. Although I have never overseen a trial that ADA Borgia had prosecuted, I have heard many stories and accomplishments that this young woman has done. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Murgoski, you took away the life of someone who had such promise and such potential to make a mark on the city of New York."
The two men looked away from Judge Wright, pretending not to care and not to hear what he had to say. For they knew that they killed nine people, not just Alexandra Borgia and they didn't even care about it.
"Furthermore," continued Judge Wright. "You claimed to work for the Drug Enforcement Agency and used that claim to kill these people. While it was clear that you were taking orders from a man whom you later killed, that doesn't excuse you for the severity of the crimes you have committed. Nine people are not here to face you in this court and their families and friends are here seeking justice against you."
At that moment, Judge Wright asked the two men and their attorney to stand up as he glared at Ricky and Vincent straight in the eye.
"Therefore," he said. "On the charges of eight of the nine counts of murder in the first degree, I sentence each defendant to eight consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole and on the charge of murdering Alexandra Borgia, the sentence for both defendants…is death."
"No!" cried one of Ricky Robinson's relatives, rising to her feet as Judge Wright banged his gavel loudly for order on the defense side of the courtroom. "No! Please! Don't kill him! Don't kill him!"
The woman placed her hands on Ricky's shoulders as the court officers pulled Ricky and Vincent away while their relatives cried, sat in silence, or started to leave the courtroom. All of Alexandra Borgia's family and colleagues could only watch as they knew that no one won anything, despite justice being served for the death of Alexandra and the Andreas family.
A funeral service unlike anything that New York had ever seen was about to take place in the days ahead…