Corruption was the rule of order on the domed planetary colony of Hervulum. Earthman Alan Demuth, for instance, couldn't get the job he had rightfully qualifed for without paying a kickback to the man he hated, Jack Bohannen. Alan thought he could simply report Jack's graft, until he learned none would listen. Under provision of the law, Alan could ask for a crime license. His crime would be homicide, and the victim Jack Bohannen. The law gave him twenty-four hours to make good his murder.
1959