37: A tendency to overreact is not something I look for in a therapist.

[samuraiprosecutor]

Dr. Ellison appears to be unduly concerned. In spite of rather favorable results over the past months, he's seen fit to call on me multiple times in the past week. Often in the same day. At my office.

I might soon be in the market for a new therapist.

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[samuraiprosecutor]

They've admitted as much. The one made the decision not to turn himself in to the authorities, so that he might bring to justice the people that ordered the killings.

The other was tried on reduced charges. According to record and as far as I've gathered from him, there was no mention of murder in his trial. I imagine the prosecutor on his case was less than pleased with the outcome of those negotiations.

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[maraich]

Have you asked the prosecutor as much?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

I don't need to. If the situation were to arise on one of my trials I would feel the same. A prosecutor's job is to make sure all criminals face the court's judgment, not to negotiate with those same criminals.

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[maraich]

Right. And how many court documents have you looked into?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

I've seen the public record. Obtaining anything else will be...difficult. He's admitted that a private company intervened on his behalf to expunge most of his government record.

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[maraich]

I'm surprised. Usually you try a little harder to figure out what happened before you jump to conclusions.

So far it seems like all you've done is seen a court document that you know is incomplete and talk to someone who you know has reasons not to want to talk.

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[samuraiprosecutor]

Reasons? I've made it clear what I want to know. If he did face trial for murder, there's no reason not to give me that information. It would only serve to demonstrate what I'm asking for, and is a far better alternative to allowing me to believe he escaped judgment on a technicality.

Instead of the assurance and remorse the other shows, he gives me excuses. Whatever issue I take with his past, such tactics don't earn him any favor either.



((OOC: I'm sorry he's such a prick. ^_^;;;;))

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[maraich]

But do you actually know anything?

Sometimes there's reasons people don't want to talk about certain subjects. And sometimes they'll try to hide something, even if it means looking worse.
Have you never seen something like that in your trials?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

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Ellison, they have killed. Willingly. Nothing they've done since can change that fact.

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[maraich]

Really? Who died? What was the motivation?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

One was an agent for the government. He killed on orders, without questioning the reasons they were to die. The other says he was raised into the lifestyle of a criminal.

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[maraich]

If you're so intent about these cases, why don't you prosecute them? It seems like you want them to be, and you are a prosecutor.

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[samuraiprosecutor]

Aside from the obvious reasons, including the fact there is no trial to prosecute because they've never been accused, both would be...out of my jurisdiction.

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[maraich]

You aren't afraid they'll kill again?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

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No.

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[maraich]

Why not?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

I know them well enough to trust my own judgment of their character. Both have variables in their lives preventing any such relapse.

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[maraich]

So you think the only reason they don't is because it would be inconvenient for them?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

A child is hardly a mere 'inconvenience.' And the agent has a goal to meet, a purpose. Their motivations are binding.

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[maraich]

That wasn't the question. The question was, "If they didn't have these other factors in their lives, do you think they would be killing people?"

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[samuraiprosecutor]

If I did we would not be having this conversation.

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[maraich]

Then what is it you expect a mother to do? Turn themselves in a risk losing their child?

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[samuraiprosecutor]

I can't simply excuse this, doctor. Not-

If murder is so easily excused, what of von Karma? What of me?

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[maraich]

There are different types of murder. Most people know that. There's a huge difference between a serial killer and a mother who kills someone protecting their child.

There are people who have killed that aren't necessarily bad people.
What's the point of being punished forever? What good comes out of it?

Maybe they're paying retribution by doing something useful with their lives instead of simply punishing themselves.

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[samuraiprosecutor]

There are different types of killing. Murder is murder; whatever the motivations may be, whether or not you were the one to physically deliver the blow, if you killed intentionally and with premeditation it is murder.

The actions of the present don't excuse the actions of the past. I work towards changes in the judicial system that society needs to ensure justice is accomplished. This is not retribution for my crimes. The ones to whom I should pay recompense are no longer here to receive it. Punishment need not last forever, but it should be what society has deemed adequate. None of us knows yet what sentence that would be.