The Empathy Trial: When Justice Means Living Someone Else’s Pain

What if silence could be judged?

When a man is put on trial for what he didn’t do, twelve jurors are asked to decide a question no law was designed to answer: Can walking away cause harm?

The case seems simple at first. There is no weapon. No clear act of violence. Only a hallway, a plea for help, and a moment where someone chose not to stay.

As testimony unfolds, the courtroom becomes something more dangerous than a place of judgment—it becomes a mirror. Witnesses recount ordinary moments that ended in irreversible consequences. Jurors begin to fracture under the weight of their own memories. And one woman on the jury realizes the verdict will not only define the defendant, but expose the choices she has spent years justifying.

This is not a story about heroism. It is a story about hesitation. About fear disguised as caution. About the cost of choosing distance when presence is still possible.

The Empathy Trial is a quiet, gripping novel about responsibility in the moments that feel too small to matter—and the way those moments shape everything that follows.

For readers who appreciate emotionally intelligent fiction, moral tension, and stories that linger long after the final page.

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E-bog: 9. december 2025