The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Judge Cook gave a firm nod for everyone to be seated. He then cleared his throat and began, “During the recess, prior to my reaching of a verdict, the accused persons, Patrick Dupont and Pierre Whitlaw have pleaded guilty to the offenses charged. Alfred Cummings submitted the same plea after I’ve reached the verdict, hence, on legal principle, his plea will NOT be taken into account.”

“Corruption charges are criminal in nature, hence I can only sentence the accused persons according to our laws if it is beyond reasonable doubt that they committed the crimes alleged with the intention to commit it. In other words, the commission must be by their own free will.”

“All four accused persons have argued that they’d been ‘coerced’ by the Duke, Greg Claw to illegally transfer funds to their personal bank accounts, with a small percentage being sent to Wu Bi Corporation, whose owner remains unknown due to lack of evidence. Even so, there is evidence stating that the said Duke received some form of payment, though this amount is significantly less compared to the accused persons.”

“The coercion argument would have been believable if the money remained in the ministers’ respective accounts. It would also have been believable if the said Duke received an amount equal to the ministers. However, this is clearly not so.”

spent on personal pleasure and for the enjoyment of their family members, I do not find their argument on coercion anywhere near credible or believable. Needless to say, their assertions without evidentiary support is fatal to their case, especially

clears their names since it is downright ridiculous to buy assets in the millions when one’s annual salary is nowhere near the amount. The prosecution has taken pains to quantify the total savings of each minister if they had not spent a single cent, and that amount is still far from the value of assets

government, who may apply for an order for sale to make up for the stolen funds. These assets

years, a fine double the value of what was stolen and five strokes of the whip daily in the course of imprisonment. I gather no one requires me to state the obvious fact that the fine, unfortunately, cannot be fully recovered in this case, and the justice system can only

that were inauthentic, taking into account her plea of guilt: seventy-five years in prison, a fine of double of the stolen value, and five strokes of the whip daily for