"THERE IS NO COST TOO GREAT TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF JUSTICE," SHE SAID, LOOKING OUT VENGEFULLY AT HER AWESTRUCK ALL-FEMALE CONGREGATION. THE 5 ARMED WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY -PAID THROUGH FLAT TAXATION BY ALL NON-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNE MEMBERS- ALREADY FOUND AND HUNG THE FIRST 3 UNTRIED SUSPECTS THE DAY BEFORE. MOST IN THE SMALL COMMUNE WERE STILL DEALING WITH THE SHOCK OF HEARING ABOUT THE WOMAN’S INEXPLICABLE PREGNANCY A WEEK AGO. HER NIGHT TIME DISAPPEARANCE TOOK PLACE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE HANGINGS. A SENSE OF PARANOIA SWEPT THE ROOM, THOUGH THE MOST KEEN AMONG THEM WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED MURDER WAS A CHARADE TO HIDE THE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY’S FORCED REMOVAL OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN ON THE GROUNDS THAT SHE COMMITTED BODILY POLLUTION, 2013

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