“I am told the feet will set in a few days and those bindings can then be removed. Otherwise I want him immobile and silenced,” the prosecutor reiterates as she further opens her robe, adjusts the folds at the front and reties the waist belt. The quick motion is telling, explaining the origin of the power required to break bones in the feet and the stamina to cane the naked male into unconsciousness. “Bye, bye Bennie,” the prosecutor heralds with mocked tenderness. “With my next visit my little rat will sing for me like a canary.” As Ms. De La Corte turns towards the door, Peggy looks at me and silently shrugs. Whereas such unabashed cruelty is normally the purview of the staff and handlers, we certainly do not have a monopoly on disdain for the recalcitrant male. Still, for a justice d