Pacemaker thief
Clamour... hullabaloo... why?! The suspect is innocent! They don’t know this?! But how should I convince them? I admit it is hard work. But if I don’t strive, his life will become ruined. My struggle saves his life. It depends on my effort. But how do I convince the eleven other jurors?
- We, the jury, have made our decision. What’s your opinion?
- My opinion?! I have already told you “my opinion”; in my opinion, he is innocent! Are you sure you’ve reviewed all the evidence again? All things were reviewed by you for a second time?
- Yes, you have told us your opinion. But anyway, we have made that decision. Is there anything else you want to add?
- I cannot change the opinion of all you; but as a last word, let me tell you a story.
- Story?! Is this a quip, a joke?!
-Of course not. This is a fiction, a pulp fiction! Please let me tell it...
- Anyway, you are one of us. Please narrate.
- A few years ago, more accurate, about seven years ago, an odd incident occurred in the hospital, the city hospital. The body of a mother, a heart patient, was transferrd from hospital to the cemetery. But in the cemetery, the mother’s offspring noticed a strange thing: a slit in her chest! She had surgery a few years ago, but not now. The body was taken to the hospital department of medical jurisprudence. The result? Her pacemaker had been stolen: a little medical piece which was worth a few thousand dollars! A nurse was arrested, a nurse of cardiology department; the nurse of that shift!
- A nurse?! I don’t believe!
- Yes, I didn’t believe either! But let me add the nurse was ME!
- You?! No, we don’t believe!
- Yes, that’s a fact! I was arrested!
- But... here... now!
- I’m here, because the camera saved me; the CCTV inside the patient’s room saved me! The camera saved me, because they had reviewed all evidence again, for a second time! The camera showed that one of his addicted sons had done so! He was the pacemaker thief!
- O God! His son?! No, I can’t believe!
- When destitution grips a city, the city becomes SIN CITY! Filthy world! My last word is that he is young, very young; he can’t be a criminal. I’m sure. Review all evidence again... please... Listen to your heart!
Two weeks later
The suspect was exonerated. The jury acquitted him! They reviewed all evidence again, for a second time...
Listen to your heart!