"All rise!"
Alica decided not to care too much anymore, she stood up directly and announced, "The accused, Derick, Andre, Stevenson... guilty of misuse of authority, corruption, bribery, tax evasion, and other charges."
"The verdict is as follows, the accused Derick is sentenced to 20 years in prison, no parole!"
"The accused Andre is sentenced to 20 years in prison, no parole!"
"The accused..."
The people on trial this time were not ordinary; they were top officials from New York, so Alica and David had previously agreed to apply standard sentencing to minimize the turbulence in New York State.
It's worth mentioning that in the past trials, upon hearing the verdicts, those accused would almost always look ashen or slump in their seats.
However, now, upon hearing such a verdict, Derick and his group merely looked slightly disturbed and did not show any signs of collapsing.
