The Tempest Dawn

The Tempest Dawn is the first case in Acquittal: Induction.

Trial
The case opens with a monologue from Storm Sente. He introduced himself as a barrister who studied at the Femley School of Law, and briefly talked about the FemCon Incident. Due to the unprecedented circumstances, he was approved to stand in court to defend Richard Kingsley.

The trial began with the prosecutor, Sebastian Donovan, presenting the gun and autopsy report as evidence. He then called his witness, Benjamin Mendax to testify. Mendax was quickly proven to be quite unreliable after making two fatal mistakes in his testimonies. Because of this, Donovan dismissed him.

Storm, deciding to focus on the case at a different angle, requested the detective take the stand to testify about why the defendant's fingerprints are on the gun. His request was granted, and DCI Lizzy Harrison entered the court. She mentioned that the gun had been found in the toilet bowl, which conflicted with the fact that the gun had fingerprints on it. Storm deduced from this that the gun must've actually come from "nowhere."

With that done, Storm requested testimony about how the police obtained the gun, so they called the defendant to testify. Richard failed to be cooperative in his testimony, so Storm could only conclude that he must've been blackmailed into keeping quiet. Lizzy then burst into the court to announce that there were signs that the gun had been held by someone wearing latex gloves, explaining why the culprit's prints aren't on the weapon. Storm also noticed that although the defendant's prints are on the gun, they are not on the handle, therefore he could not have shot it. He then indicted Benjamain Mendax as the real killer.

Mendax laughed this accusation off, so Storm asked him to testify. This time, he realized how strange the lack of blood on the victim's hand is. He also noticed that there isn't any blood on the wall.

Due to these strange contradictions, a recess was called. Storm discussed the case with Lawrence, who warned him that they would not be able to win with the evidence on hand. He also found it suspicious that Mendax was able to file the gun as evidence despite not being with the police. Lawrence then left the trial to Storm and went to the fast food restaurant to look for new evidence.

During the second trial, Mendax was forced to continue his testimony and Lawrence returned with case-breaking evidence. Mendax, defeated, broke down by screaming and bending his spatula. Storm suspected that the evidence was forged, but never questioned Lawrence about it directly. Richard was declared not guilty and joined Storm as his assistant.