Chapter 11 - The Verdict and the Vengeance
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning a unanimous guilty verdict on all forty counts.
The judge looked down over his reading glasses, his expression stern and unforgiving.
"Victoria Sterling, your cruelty represents the absolute bottom of human depravity," the judge declared.
"I sentence you to thirty-five years at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility without the possibility of parole," he ruled.
Senator Donald Sterling was sentenced to twenty years for corruption, extortion, and human trafficking.
As federal marshals pulled Victoria from her chair, she turned her head to glare wildly at Clara.
"This isn't over, Clara!" Victoria screamed, her voice echoing through the marble halls of the courthouse.
"My contacts in the syndicate will finish what I started!" she shrieked before the heavy doors slammed shut behind her.
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Clara stood up from the witness stand, holding her head high as Arthur escorted her past the flashing cameras.
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