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HIGGINSON NAMED TO
JAMISON TRIAL

"A Coup For The Prosecution," Says Defense

By George "The Streak" Talmer

The Honorable Judge Randolph Higginson has been chosen to replace Judge Terrance Mathis in the Donovan Jamison espionage case. Higginson, widely considered a good candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court, has served the Metropolis Federal Circuit Court for 25 years.

Higginson, who grew up in Metropolis' Suicide Slum, is notoriously the most anti-big business judge in the federal court system. He has also presided over three espionage cases--all resulting in life sentences for the accused. The most famous of these was the landmark 1997 case when Higginson sent Richard Crane away for life after the former CIA agent was convicted of selling secrets to the government of Vlatava.

The precedents are not lost on defense attorney Louis Libowsky. "Of course we got Higginson as our judge. This just strengthens our appellate case; there is something at work here, and it's far larger

than what the media is reporting. Read between the lines, people! My client is being set up!" commented the laughing Libowsky. "This is so blatant it's practically sloppy. The puppeteer is at work again!"

Donovan Jamison broke his self-imposed media gag to comment, although he could shed no light on the identity of the mysterious "puppeteer" his attorney referred to. "It's just a good thing a jury has to hand down a guilty conviction before a judge can do any bloody sentencing--could you imagine if this were an arbitration?"

As expected, the prosecutor in the case, Bobby Adamson, was especially jubilant upon hearing the news. Grinning from ear to ear, he commented, "Judge Higginson is one of the most respected jurists in America today. We have all the faith in the world that he will preside fairly over the case."

The first day of the Donovan Jamison trial is next Wednesday, February 25.