Convicted (2, #2)

The trial is a whiteknuckle ride of which she is now ready to get off. With an equal combination of detrimental indications against her, and beneficial evidence that she wasn’t entirely to blame for the neighbor’s murder, Victoria just wants for it to all be over, and to know if she’s facing the full twenty five year sentence. Her father, a judge, sits at the front throughout the entire trial, and her barrister is exceptionally competent, even though Vicky knows it’s to score brownie points...