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In "After Twenty Years", why didn't Jimmy arrest Bob himself?

please answer, I didn't read the book :'(

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Hi! The reason that Jimmy doesn't arrest Bob himself is because they used to be friends. Jimmy doesn't have the courage to arrest him so he has another officer do it for him.

I hope this helps :)
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