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Crime and Punishment #1
In "Obey the Law," a criminal named Vannie Higgins witnesses a hit-and-run accident and becomes the key witness needed to convict the guilty party, but he initially attempts to evade police custody with the help of accomplices. After Vannie is eventually captured and imprisoned for twenty years, he is released on parole, only to be drawn back into his criminal ways through a desire for revenge. The story culminates in a violent confrontation at a fair in Düsseldorf where Vannie and his associates meet their end, ultimately demonstrating the law's triumph and the fatal consequences of a life of crime.