The Judge ((better)) Direct

: In criminal cases, judges decide on appropriate penalties based on sentencing guidelines and the severity of the offense.

Today’s case was impossible. On one side stood the Church of the Gleaming Path, which had accused a young water-seller named Kael of stealing a holy relic—a cup said to catch the tears of a dying star. On the other side stood no evidence, only Kael’s trembling insistence: “I am innocent.” the judge

“Because a judge’s only power,” she said, “is to remember that every name brought before her belongs to a person. And every person deserves a truth that fits their hands, not someone else’s story.” : In criminal cases, judges decide on appropriate