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Death Court
Year
2025
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Okmulgee press
Summary
Anyone who cannot take care of themselves is sent to Court 47, aka Death Court. The state of Texas has gone along with the national regime that has eliminated protections for the elderly, women, indigent, criminals, disabled, LGBTQ, and people of color. No medical, income, or housing help is paid for by the state or the national government. Marriage is between men and women only. Women aren't allowed to work unless widowed and are not educated after age 18 when they are expected to marry and have children. Dee Lipton is an advocate for a volunteer organization that finds housing for the elderly, ill, and indigent. When she fails to find her client housing before the deadline, Dee learns firsthand what happens at Death Court, leading her to rethink her state's policies. Nathan Landry is a prosecutor for Court 47. He is not allowed to marry because he is sterile from a childhood case of measles. The law is that no one parents a child that is not biologically theirs. Attracted to Dee, Nathan learns of the struggles she has with trying to find placements for her clients, he questions whether Court 47 should even exist. Jude Burch is a billionaire who owns Hope Houses all over the state, the last stop housing for the ill, elderly, indigent, and persecuted. He uses his vast resources to help those who need it until the government finds out. A movement is brewing...