"This helps too, dear." She must have said that aloud, for the cell was
alive with the memory of a private sound. _They couldn't take away the
Me, could they? Shoplifter, whore, drunk, another murderer maybe?
Doesn't matter. Went out of here to die, get drunk, go back to work in a
cathouse or pushing dope--I don't care. They couldn't quite do it to
you._ Down the corridor, keys rattled. _They couldn't take away the Me.
Ever._
3
Once a trial judge or jury has determined, on conflicting evidence,
a question of fact, that determination is final. It is binding upon
the appellate courts. If there has been an error of law the
defendant has a remedy by appeal. If there has been an erroneous
finding of fact the defendant has no remedy. He is forever bound by
the finding of the trial judge or of the jury.
Now it should be obvious that trial judges and juries aren't that
good.