VENTURES: Rabbit Hole

BROOKE KENNEDY- MARKS

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Hallahan Catholic High School for Girls.Philadelphia PA.

B,A,- Administration Of Justice/Trial Advocacy/Pre Law- Lasalle University

J.D.- Middleton School of Law, Bayside,PA.

Speaks Spanish/French and Russian fluently.

Passed the Bar in Virginia/Maryland/ Pennsylvania/New Jersey/New York/ Deleware

Law Clerk for Pennsylvania's Chief Judge of Appeals, Carter Baum

Trial Attorney for U.S. Department of Justice's Anti- Trust Division, Washington D.C.

Married to Attorney Sean Marks, A Trial Attorney for The U.S. Department of Justice, Anti Trust Division. Washington D.C..

DIVORCED after two years. No Children.

Public Defender's Office-Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia Districts Attorney's office.

Married to U.S. Attorney Sean Marks

Staff Attorney-WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT\

NATALIE JEAN TENNISON-CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Girls,Philadelphia PA.

B.A.- Trial Advocacy/ Pre Law/Administration of Justice - Temple University

JD-Georgetown University Law Center

Passed the Bar in Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Deleware / New York

Associate Litigation Attorney at Akin/Gerard/ Jordan/Hester & Field

Public Defender's Office- Philadelphia

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia

Staff Attorney - WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

Married to David Charles.

DAVID KEITH CHARLES

Born in Philadelphia Pa.

Graduated from Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia PA.

BA-Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre-Law- Temple University.

JD- Temple University School of Law

Passed the Bar in Pennsylvania/New York/Deleware/New Jersey

Speaks Spanish And French Fluently..

Public Defender- Philadelphia PA.

Single, No children

Assistant District Attorney-Philadelphia District Attorneys Office.

Staff Attorney -WRONGFUL CONVICTION UNIT

MARRIED TO NATALIE CHARLES.

KAREN ALEXANDRIA PAGE

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Moved with her parents to Narberth, PA.

Graduated from Lower Merrion High School.

BA-Administration of Justice, Trial Advocacy, Pre-Law-University Of Pennsylvania.

JD-University of Pennsylvania School of Law

Passed the bar in Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Deleware/New York /California

Associate Attorney -McCluskey/Cozen/Connor and Pratt

Married Civil Rights Attorney Lloyd Cantrell, Moved to San Francisco, where she worked as an assistant Attorney for Lloyd Cantrell's practice.

Lloyd Cantrell murdered and she returned to Philadelphia PA.

Assistant District Attorney- Philadelphia D.A.'s Office.

Now Supervisor- Wrongful Conviction/Conviction Integrity Unit

Married to Attorney /Podcaster/Talk Show Host- B.L. Benz.

Sean Marks

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Northeastern High School.

B,A,- Administration Of Justice/Trial Advocacy/Pre Law- Villanova University

J.D.- Georgetown University Law Center

Speaks Spanish/French and Russian fluently.

Passed the Bar in Virginia/ Washington D.C./ Pennsylvania/New Jersey/New York/ Deleware

Law Clerk for Pennsylvania's Chief Judge of Appeals, Carter Baum

Trial Attorney for U.S. Department of Justice's Anti- Trust Division, Washington D.C.

Married to Attorney Brooke Kennedy, A Trial Attorney for The U.S. Department of Justice, Anti Trust Division.

DIVORCED after two years. No Children.

Federal Public Defender- U.S. Courthouse- Philadelphia PA.

Married to Attorney Brooke Kennedy again

JUSTIN JARAD BROWN-

Born in Philadelphia PA.

Graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia PA.

B.A. Administration of Justice, Pre-Law-Trial Advocacy, Temple University..

J.D.-Middleton Law School

Passed the Bar, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Washington D.C.

Speaks French and Spanish Fluently..

Spent two years as a law clerk for Judge Percy Reynolds

Public Defender- Philadelphia PA.

Associate Attorney Cochran and Grace , Attorneys at Law.

THE OFFICE OF DETECTIVE WILLIAM SWIFT

Detective William Swift sat at his desk getting himself acclimated on the careers of the attorneys who were going to represent John Atwood.. He himself had gone to Law school...Harvard and flunked out after his first year....He returned to Philadelphia and entered law school at Middleton Law School in Bayside. He graduated with his Juris Doctorate.... but flunked the bar exam a record five times...He decided law and academics wasn't for him so he entered the Police Academy....After graduation....He gained a reputation as a tough beat cop.. He had so many brutality complaints against him that it was suggested by Captain Jack Tragg

that he take the Detective's test and get off the streets for a time...He failed the detectives test the first two times he took it, but took it the third time it was offered and passed...Around the precinct, the joke was" Detective Swift aint so Swift."

He'd been a detective for a couple of years now...First Vice, Then Narcotics and now Homicide...He didn't care for lawyers too much....a fact he made known to many of them.. He kind of had a thing for Brooke Kennedy, now Brooke Kennedy-Marks...

when she was an Assistant District Attorney,

but was livid when she got married to a Black man. U.S. Attorney, Sean Marks.

.He was a bitter man who resented all the people who did what he failed to do..Suceeded in law school and passed the bar exam.

"Damn it, I hate going down this Rabbit hole again....I thought this matter was settled."he said angrilly.

At that moment four of us were pulling up to the Men's Correctional Center for a visit with John Atwood.

Natalie was driving....Brooke was riding shotgun...I was in the back nearly in a coma...and John's wife,

Connie At wood was sitting next to me..

Connie looked over at me.. I was asleep.

"Poor thing...He slept the entire ride here..hee hee...You keep him up all night Natalie?" she laughed..

"He kept me up all night....I should be the one sleeping." said Natalie.

"Pay her no mind...She loved every minute of it."laughed Brooke, sitting next to her....

"I just know she did." laughed Connie and all three women laughed that conspiratorial laugh they laugh.

Connie liked Brooke and Natalie...

I woke up then..."Somebody say something to me?" I asked.

"No....but wake up...We are pulling into the parking lot...." said Natalie, smiling as she parked the car..

William "Bull" Bailey once a decorated Homicide Detective and an equally decorated Federal Investigator had been disgraced in a scandal and had lost his prestigious job....Now was reduced to checking people in at the prison was reminded of that everytime he saw us....

He still carried a torch for Brooke, which was evident...

"Hello Ms. Brooke...You're looking nice today." he said with a smile.

His trousers were sticking out like a circus tent and he wasn't trying to hide it.

"Hello Sgt. Bailey." said Brooke.

"Does he uh have a thing for Brookie?" asked Connie.

"Oh yeah, a Big thing...I see you noticed." I said.

"She wasn't talking about his erection silly..but yeah he's carried a torch for her for years...She doesn't feel the same though." said Natalie.

"I would hope not...He's old enough to be her grandfather."laughed Connie.

The three of us laughed... Natalie and I liked Connie.

Bull Bailey said next to nothing to Connie, Natalie and I...

But was all smiles and compliments to Brooke....

who was very embarrassed by the callous way he treated the rest of us....We didn't hold it against her..

John was in good spirits when he was brought in the visiting room...Much better than most folks we had visited.

"Hey baby!" he said to his wife...

"Heyyy how you holdin up?" asked his wife, Connie.

''About as well as can be considered, considering this time yesterday, I was in London and a free man."he said.

''We are working on it pal." I assured him...

"Justin and our boss lady are arguing in an appellate court right this minute to get your conviction tossed out...And Maybe, just maybe you won't even have to be tried since you weren't present for your first trial." said Natalie.

"Meanwhile we brought you some hot coffee...

and some soup." said Brooke.

who produced two Thermos and cups ...

"Bless you guys..." laughed John Atwood.

All in all it was a hopeful and good visit.,

II-

State Appellate Court-

Karen, Natalie, Brooke myself and Justin appeared in Appellate Court the next two days..

We were arguing for John Atwood's murder conviction to be tossed out.... We stated 17 Prosecutorial mistakes made during the case....and we argued that our client had left the country before he even knew he had been indicted for murder.

We showed that the police had brought him in for questioning five times and five times they had released him for lack of evidence and that they had never taken any DNA for comparison.

Original Prosecutor, James "Jumpshot Jim" Taylor was present and argued that he had not made any mistakes and that our client had ample time to return to Philadelphia and face trial. Clearly he was uncomfortable going down this rabbit hole again with a case he knew he had just barely won...

Once again we got Judge Millicent Charles, no relation, to hear our case... This was a bench trial, with no jury....Olivia had highly reccomended this judge to us..

After two days of oral arguments from both sides she said.

"My God...Both Lt. Tragg and Detective William Swift did the worst investigation I can see...They didn't check this man's alibi's at all...They didn't get DNA, which they could have gotten with his attorney present, There is no prints or DNA in the victim's apartment belonging to him, but DNA and prints belonging to an unknown source that was never looked into...and not one credible witness..How did you persuade a jury to convict this man counselor?"

I have no choice but to throw this conviction out!!! but...I will ask for a new trial, only because he did flee...." she said.

We were overjoyed....

"WE DID IT!! WE WON!" said a joyous Attorney Justin Brown.....

"YESSSSS!" said a joyous Brooke, hugging her best friend Natalie

Natalie was equally happy...

"Not to be a downer...but we have to argue at his arraignment next...So that he can be free."I said.

"David is right.." said Karen...

Jumpshot Jim was visibly upset at losing the contest....The conviction was tossed out...but a new trial was ordered...He had to win in a new trial. He wondered if he could. Two years gone by...Smarter and better attorneys to go up against...

He quickly left the courthouse without saying a word to us.

CURLEYS BAR-COUPLES NIGHT

The drinks were flowing as usual...

Attorney Justin Brown was in a celebratory mood.

His girlfriend, Attorney, Alicia Masters rewarded him with a kiss...

"You've really been working hard these past few days." she said in between kisses...

"I am hard baby!" he said.

"Yes, that's quite evident..." she said..

Kissing so hot it got a lot of us excited looking at them...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" he moaned.

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" she cooed silently..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUWEEEEEEEEEEEE! Somebody is going to happy later on tonight."mused Jazzy.

"I hope I'll be happy like that later on tonight too!" said Dabnis.

"HOOO HOOO! WOWWWWWWWW THAT's HOT!" laughed Kayla.

"He earned it.Him , Karen, David, Natalie and Brookie kicked ass in court today, They got that guy's conviction tossed out in a bench trial." said Ray.

''With the right judge, a Bench trial is always good...you don't have to worry about 12 jurors and their prejudices.."said Jessica.

"We've always done well with Bench trials."said Chip..

"I know William Swift is probably livid..."laughed Karen....

"I can tell you a llittle something about ole Swifty....His Father was a lawyer...wanted him to be a lawyer...And he actually went to law school..Harvard! He flunked out after one year...He came home and entered Middleton School of Law in Bayside where he actually graduated... Though just barely...Word was, he spent a lot of time chasing women and drinking...He flunked the bar a record five times...So it was decided that maybe he'd be better enforcing the law than practicing it.. Went to the Academy graduated and was a beat cop...Had so many brutality complaints against him that Jack Tragg, our favorite Lieutenant's Uncle suggested he take the Detective exam....He flunked that two times ,but passed the third time...He's been in Vice, Narcotics and now Homicide... " said B.L.

"Old Swift aint that Swift." said Natalie.. We all laughed.

"He's as mean as a crackhouse rat though." I said.

"So he of all people has a JD." said Brooke, smiling......

"But he can't pass the bar." said Sean...

"I had to take it two times myself...."said Zoey.

"Really???...I would have never imagined." said her husband, Lem, who like the rest of us, passed it on the first try....

"That's why he walks around with a sneer ...Like he hates all lawyers." said Renee.

"He hates us because he can't be us.He has a huge chip on his shoulder." said Tyrell.

"I knew that about him...That he had flunked out of Harvard, Graduated from Middleton and failed the bar five times..The other detectives laugh at him behind his back..He makes Lt. Tragg look like a Rhodes scholar at times." said Olivia.

"And that's no easy feat." I said.

Beverly cracked up laughing....

"At least they won their case in appellate court today." said Nelson.

"It was a partial win...The Judge ordered a new trial rather than just setting him free."said Josie.

"I guess she felt she had to give the Prosecution something.." said Paris.

"He can submit his DNA and if it isn't a match, that can solve the whole thing..won't be a need for a trial."said Bresha.

"You have a point.."said Tony....

"It's a celebration." said Alfreda...raising her glass.

"Yesss!" said Rockland.

"I'm Happy for Justin." said Nina Rios, who used to be an ADA.

"Yeah, he's a good guy."said Carlos.

"They pulled it out...I'm only glad we were able to help them." said Yvette.

"Yeah well Detective William Swift was livid..He met with Gil Garcetti today and tomorrow they're having a meeting with Jumpshot Jim." laughed Gary.

"I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting."laughed Keith Jones.

"Jumpshot had been on a roll lately, winning his last five cases...Dating the winner of this years "Ms. Panties" contest...

"I can't believe they still have that sexist contest." said Sofia.

"It's not sexist."said Kahlil.

"Then why don't they have Mr. Boxers?" laughed Jade.

Bee Bee and Sofia cracked up laughing...

So did Danny..

Virginia was somber as she finished her drink..

"They did good, They did good....but now comes the hard part...The re-trial." she said.

"I know." said her husband, Jetty.

Normally, in a case like this...Especially one he was partially involved in, Lt. Tragg would be livid and be in our area whining and complaining about what we were doing....but you didn't see that guy anymore.

He came in with Judge Kelly Ann and didn't look our way....They went to their corner and began kissing

passionately before their drinks arrived..

"Kelly Ann you are driving me crazy." moaned Lt. Tragg...

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm always good to know...you horny boyyy." she cooed and laughed.

As they kissed passionately in their corner, in the back, oblivious to the world.

Another great Couples Night! A Great verdict today....A Great day period.

III-

A Good Couples Night in Curleys usually leads to a good couples night at home.

and we were home..

I had my arms around Natalie and was whispering in her ear...

"Natalie Jean, I absolutely love the hell out of you.." I said.

"And you want to take my clothes off and ravage me , right?" she said, laughing..

"Yesssssss all of that!" I laughed...

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! You've been a good boy...I think I'll let you." she cooed...

She turned and kissed me as I took her top off....and unbuckled her bra.

"Ummmmm you do that so well." she cooed...

and slipped her panties down....

I spread her legs and lifted her up and entered her slowly...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..." I moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, DAVID, YOU ARE HUGE AND SO HARRRRD!" she exclaimed....

Her body trembled something fierce....her head turned from side to side...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out.....

"LAWWWWD HAVE MERCY!" I cried out.....

I placed her on the sink spread her legs again and again entered her.....

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU NASTY MAN YOU!" she cried out...

"NATALIE JEANNNNN!" I CRIED OUT...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HUSBANDDDD!" she moaned..

Her body trembled...tears rolled down her cheeks and her head turned from side to side...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM NATALIE...I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO EXPLODE!" I said..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUU NOT YET...NOT YET BABY!" she said, slowing down....

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" I moaned.....

NOW MY BODY WAS TREMBLING!

For the Next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS we made sweet sweet love.....I couldn't get enough...

Next door...

Brooke discarded her bra and panties..... She could hear our soft moans through the walls..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..." I moaned..

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, DAVID, YOU ARE HUGE AND SO HARRRRD!" she exclaimed....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she cried out.....

"LAWWWWD HAVE MERCY!" I cried out.....

"Oh myyyyyyy David and Natalie are really enjoying themselves." she exclaimed and giggled.

She joined her husband, Sean on the side of the bed..

He had already undressed and was eagerly awaiting her..

"Come over here so I can enjoy myself.." he said softly...

She eased herself down on to his engorged penis...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM It's all yours Chocolate Daddy.." she cooed.

"OHHHHHHHH MY GODDDDDDDD BROOKE!!" he cried out..

She rode him cowgirl style on top of the bed.....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HONEY....OHHHHHHHHH!" she cried out..

"BABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYY!" he moaned..

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU VANILLA!" he cried out...

"SEAN...I THINK I'M LOSING MY MIND!!" she said..

She had told Natalie once that after making love to Sean, for a few minutes, she didn't know if she was coming or going....He had admitted that he felt the same way after being with her...

For the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, their lovemaking was giving their bed, a good workout..

And halfway across town at Alicia Master's apartment...

"UMMMMMMMMMMMM YOU MADE ME FEEL GOOD IN CURLEY'S TONIGHT!" said Justin to Alicia..

"Come here Big Daddy, I'm about to make you feel even better." cooed Alicia

as they kissed passionately....

practically slobbering over each other...

"I'M AS HARD AS AN IRON PIPE RIGHT NOW!" he moaned in between hot smouldering kisses...

"UMMMMMMM YES YOU ARE!" Justin moaned..

Alicia giggled...

He slowly undressed and helped her out of her dress,,,,

and her bra and panties....

They lie on the bed continuing to kiss passionately...

"All this kissing is making me hot..." said Alicia..

"Well then spread them thighs girl...ummmmmmmmmm.." moaned Justin...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU BIG DADDDY, It's YOURS!!" she said..

And she straddled him and began riding him....

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" she moaned....her body shaking so hard the legs of the bed felt as if they might give in...

He flipped her over and slowly entered her....

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he moaned....... The headboard felt like it might crack in half...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU TAKE IT ALL BIG DADDY, TAKE IT ALLL!" she cried out...

"OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...UMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" he moaned..

and for the next EIGHT TO NINE HOURS, their bed got a good workout...

IV-

THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY GIL GARCETTI-

District Attorney Gil Garcetti listened as the two men raised their voices and came very close to blows...

"You Blew it! You missed the Jumpshot then Jim...I could have sighted several legal precedents you could have used to make your case..." said Detective William Swift, Not at all happy about the conviction being tossed out, even though a new trial was going to be ordered...

"Perhaps if you and Lt. Tragg had done a better job investigating this case instead of the sloppy slip shoddy work you guys usually give our staff the conviction might have held....I begged you both to recanvass, to find me a witness...a credible witness...anything, but nooooooooooo..neither of you is worth a damn...We are lucky I got the original conviction, and how dare you precede to give ME legal advice... I passed the bar on my first try...YOU HOWEVER FLUNKED , HOW MANY TIMES?? , FIVE I BELIEVE!!! I'M THE LAWYER HERE AND YOU'RE WHAT? A DETECTIVE!! REMEMBER THAT!!!" snarled Assistant D.A. James "Jumpshot Jim" Taylor.

"WHYYYYYYYYYYYY YOUUUUUUUUU!" screamed Detective William Swift who lunged at Jumpshot Jim...

Deputy District Attorney Lester Burke was the peace maker....He got in between the two men.

"Guys...Guys....Listen ,there is no cause for this. Jim.....You don't really want to be dragged down this rabbit hole again do you? So I'm doing you a favor....I'm taking you off the case , relax, go have a Latte, go take your new girlfriend out...I'm taking the stress off of you....

"I'm...I'm kinda relieved...Thank you.." said Jumpshot Jim...

"And Bill, we'll have a new prosecutor assigned to this case in a few days.....In the meanwhile...Go have a couple of beers..cool off.." said D.A. Gil Garcetti

"What about Karen Page, Natalie Charles, Brooke Marks and David Charles...I want them off the case too!" demanded Detective Swift.

speaking of us...

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!! END OF DISCUSSION....GO GRAB A BREW BILL!! THAT IS ALL!" said

D.A. Gil Garcetti.

Bill Swift stormed out of the D.A.'s office in a huff.

And at this very minute in the parking lot of the Men's Correctional Center... A very Happy Connie Atwood embraced her newly freed husband, Johnny Atwood....

"Awwwww Baby, it's so nice to see you free with no conviction hanging over you..." she said.

"My lawyers are great aren't they? Let's hope I can stay free.." he said with a laugh.

They began kissing passionately...

with no shame in front of us..

"Awwwwww I'm so happy for the two of them." said Brooke.

"So am I...He's been a fugitive for two years in Europe always looking over his shoulder and now his conviction has been tossed out and he's nearly free and clear." said Natalie.