Justice Denied

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My mother spent decades fighting for justice for my father. On the day of the final hearing, my husband, the city's top lawyer, ignored her trembling hands.

Lex Jordon walked away without a second thought. He was heading to a five-year reunion with his ex-girlfriend.

I knelt on the cold pavement, begging him to stay. "Please, Lex, just this once. Help my mother."

He kicked me away with an impatient scowl. "It's not the first time she's lost a case. It's just one trial. She won't die from l