Chapter 14

The federal trial lasted four weeks, moving with relentless, methodical precision through expert testimony, medical records, financial audits, and witness accounts from victims who detailed the devastating personal toll of the fraudulent clinical trials. Throughout the proceedings, Julian Sterling’s defense strategy steadily unraveled as cross-examinations failed to impeach the cryptographic integrity of the data files or shake the consistent, unyielding testimonies of Clara Vance, Marcus Chen, and Eleanor Vance.
When Clara took the witness stand in the third week of the trial, her testimony was a masterclass in scientific clarity and emotional restraint. Under direct examination by David Vance, she walked the jury through the technical architecture of the data manipulation, explaining
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