The primary aim of the "Novel Excerpts" blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I've written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse into my storytelling style, themes, and narrative skills. It's an opportunity to share my artistic expressions and the worlds I've created through my novels.
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I'll post it a chapter a day over the next few weeks.
I knew without doubt that it would happen. As the old saying goes, ‘the DA can indict a ham sandwich.’ The indictment process before a Grand Jury is totally secret. The defense has no right to attend these proceedings. The District Attorney summons witnesses to serve as jurors. He then presents them with the evidence he wants them to hear. It is truly a rare thing for the Grand Jury to fail to indict.
The capital murder indictment declared that I had, on Saturday, November 4, 2017, kidnapped and murdered Gina Culver Tillman. It was a two-count indictment, one charge for kidnapping and the other one for the murder. The indictment was made capital by statute, by one of the listed aggravating circumstances. In my indictment, murder during a kidnapping.
Richard L. Fricks 