Fallen
#8
" First off, I would like to thank you for taking time out of your schedule, which I'm sure is very busy, to see me on such short notice." I began truthfully. I had called Fox River as soon as I got home from Veronica's office expecting to be told that I would not be able to see Pope for at least a few days. I was elated when Becky told me that he had an opening at 11a.m. the next morning. "It's no problem, Ms. Deacon. I 'm always glad to help a future Criminal Justice worker." He replied smiling.
"What would you like to know about the Burrows case?" He asked wasting no time. I liked that, he preferred to beat the bush rather than around it. "Actually, I was hoping to speak with out about Mr. Burrows himself. I have already spoken with his attorney, from what she told me you are one of the few people who has had regular contact with him since his incarceration. Could you tell me what kind of prisoner he has been these past five years?"
"Burrows has been a model prisoner. Granted, the most contact he has with other inmates is during Prison Industry. There has never been any problems with him in P.I. I'm sure that if he were in gen pop he would have his fair share of confrontations."
"These problems you believe he would have if he were not on death row, is he the instigator type, or do you think he would have to be provoked first?" I asked knowing that the only person Lincoln had ever instigated fights with was his brother.
" It's survival of the fittest here. That doesn't necessarily mean that you only survive if you go around shanking half the prison population. You can survive in prison by doing what is necessary to survive, I would say that Burrows would resort to violence only when absolutely necessary." I was beginning to like the Pope more. He didn't think of these men the monsters that most do, most importantly it was obvious that he had taken enough time to gather some sense of who Lincoln Burrows really was.
"How do you react to his constant claim of innocence? Is this just a desperate man trying to hold on to any thread he can reach, or do you think there is a chance that he is indeed innocent?"
" I would like to believe that many of the men here are innocent. Burrows is no exception. However, the evidence against him is flawless, and if there is one thing that everyone in this field learns is that people lie, not the evidence." I had expected that, it would have been foolish not to. Hell, everyone thought he was guilty. Well, almost everyone.
"This case has everything, a victim, a suspect, incriminating evidence. There seems to be only one thing missing. What motive did Lincoln Burrows have to kill Terrance Steadman?" To me that seemed like the one question more people should have been asking, but the evidence over shadowed motive.
"That Ms. Deacon, is a question I fear we will never be able to answer."