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“Ok, we are on the record. Please proceed. Counsel?”

The balding, stern-faced judge stares down at me from his bench, framed by flags to either side of him, a judicial seal on the wall behind him.

I look to my left and see the jury box, filled with six jurors, all men, one Black, some motionless, others appearing to nod or fidget.

The courtroom feels cavernous. Light streams in from windows on one side. I realize I am at a podium, on which a small mic is mounted. On either side of me are counsel tables, but with no one sitting at them, sheets of paper and a bottle of water the only signs of their use. I turn fully around and see that all the courtroom’s church-like benches are empty.

It is just the judge, the jury and me.

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