Re: [DL] Law Question

["Spence, Roy" <r.spence@weir.co.uk>]

Thanks for the replies.  FYI neither of the shot bystanders died due to him
spending his last couple of fate chips to negate one wound to the guys
noggin'.  The guy that the Deputy killed for firing at his friend would be
also found to have some small voodoo pouches on his body - if that makes any
difference.

I've just realised that I've missed some of the characters background out of
my original post.  The character is Indian, which is a little abnormal for a
Deputy US Marshal (- I think)  One of my long running reoccurring themes
involves an Indian from the back of the Ghostdancers book.

The player came up with the idea that the Union had stumbled onto this
Indians existence and the trouble he is making and so deputised the
character with a view to finding out what the bad Indian is up to and if
relevant, take him down.  The character is also a relative of Quanah Parker,
and has some renown.

Going by the general responses to the first post - the guy should be hanged
for his crimes, unless I decide to be lenient.

However I was wondering if his background would have any influence with
that, i.e.

- Would Utah use him as a bargaining chip with the Union for something they
want.  Maybe highlighting aspects of what he has done, the lawful punishment
for the crime and generally trying to get as much from the Union as possible
if they want the guy to return to their soil.  Does this seem likely? Also
if they did barter his freedom/pardon what level of "payment" would the
Deseret want in return and would the Union pay it to avoid the public
embarrassment if the guy's actions were to hit the headlines?  

- Or would Utah just announce his crimes in order to publicly shame the
Union and hang him high, shipping his body back to the Union in a box?


Cheers

Roy
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