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Weekly Contest #165
Justice Served By K.M. Anderson Some folks say Wendell Payne was a no-nonsense, tough-on-crime judge. Others just called him cruel and unforgiving. Through the years he'd sentenced dozens of men and women to life in prison, and more than a few to death. In his retirement, however, Judge Payne had faded from the limelight. So, it was with some measure of enjoyment that he poured himself a second glass of whiskey and sat down to watch the television report of the impending execution of the most notorious defendant to...
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