Chapter Thirty-Five
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"Would the defendant please state his name for the record?" the judge said.
"I am Richard Gilbert and I am 21" he said.
"Ok so what was your role in this?" his lawyer asked.
"Obeying what my mom and siblings told me" he replied.
"Richard, what education do you have" asked the lawyer.
"High school" he replied.
"Is that why you just followed along with your brothers?"
"You calling me stupid" he demanded.
"Mr. Gilbert that is quite enough!"
Richard didn't reply.
"Why did you and your brothers burn down Wendy and David Hodges apartment."
"Because Wendy did not listen to us. She was brought up in a strict home where she had no freedom. And look who she marries!" he said.
"What your sister does with her life is nobody's business Mr. Gilbert. You should understand that. I mean Wendy is 35 and you're 21."
"I am still a man." Richard boasted. "And men are still considered better than women"
The lawyer rolled his eyes. "Wendy is a highly educated woman who is significantly older than you and you think you're better than her?"
Richard looked at the lawyer. "My sixteen year old brother is better than her. Why – duh she's a woman and he's a man"
"Where are you getting these dumb notions that women are less important than men?"
"My mother. Even though she is a woman She taught me this." He said.
"I've asked your mom and brother this question, so I'll ask you too. What was your role in the beating of Dana and her boyfriend?"
"Yeah I was part of it. Dana is a girl who is getting her jollies at school where she certainly does not belong. We have a boy picked out for her and she consorts with the boy she was caught with?? We did what we had to do. Dana just needs to know her place"
The prelim continued and many more questions asked about how Wendy was treated in her younger days.
"Well even though I was a lot younger than her. My brothers informed me about what the rules were. Wendy and the other girls could not live in dorms or go out with a boy unless mom chaperoned. This went on well into the girls' 20's. Wendy never got any action because the boys ostracized her because of mom"
"Thank you for sharing that" the judge said sarcastically. "Richard Gilbert is remanded into custody until trial in two weeks.
The judge looked through the next paper. "Andrew Walkie please take the stand."