Sugar and Spice and Everything Deadly

At the sound of the gavel an instant hush fell over the courtroom as
Alice Wray and her attorney stood up to
hear the judge's sentencing.
All eyes were on Alice Wray who
stood straight, face masked in indifference,
not a noticeable tear in her eyes.
"Alice Wray would you like to address
the court before sentencing?" Judge Ellis asked.
There was dead silence in the courtroom
Everyone seemed to be holding their breath
as the barely audible whispered words of
Alice Wray were heard, "No, thank you."
Judge Ellis frowned. "Well, I would like to
say something," he said. "Never, in all my
years on the bench, which amounts to a
total of twenty-two years, have I witnessed
such a senseless and deliberate act of murder.
. It grieves me to think a mother could be
capable of killing her own innocent children.
Alice Wray you are hereby sentenced to
life in prison without benefit of parole."