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The Jury Without a Question
Words: 3025 · Source Novel:: The Salt-Wife Pact
The trial commences. Vane’s lead barrister insists the state must prove the surrogates were coerced—ignoring that the women were held under armed guard. The judge, appointed by the implicated Attorney General, refuses to instruct the jury on the legal definition of “consent by confinement,” mirroring the flawed jury instruction in Greer v. United States.

