"A Game of Names: ""Control the NAME and you will control the game."""

by Mark Brian Kline

“All rise!” Commanded the bailiff, in a sharp voice that pierced the tiny, rectangular room. Courtroom 205A was now in session with the Honorable Judge Joseph Levine presiding. The bespeckled Judge had an affinity for bow ties and was wearing his favorite, a red satin, woven bow tie that caught the fluorescent lights overhead. As the judge heard case after case, and looked back and forth between the prosecutor and defendant or defendant’s attorney, the tie appeared to become lighter and darker depending on which way he turned his head. “Docket Number MOC-L-000795-16, the STATE OF NEW JERSEY versus PAUL M. KING,” said the court clerk. The case Paul was in court for dealt with a non-violent criminal matter, which if found guilty, could come with a two - five year jail sentence.

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Published March 14, 2024