Conversations at the Altar of Justice

The man is a limousine driver. He is given an order in the early morning to pick up a client living in the very affluent, quiet city of San Marino in South California. From there, the order is to drive to the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, which is a city of crime and anarchy. He is also told to wait for the client and return home.

It turns out that she is a very old woman, and she needs to be in that city's superior court for the trial of her old husband. He was arrested four months ago in...