Then (link here): two women charged with train terror near Canadian border. If stymied by the NYT paywall, that story was posted December 2, 2020, and is easily found everywhere. The women: Ellen Brennan Reich, and Samantha Frances Brooks.
Now (link here): both women convicted.
After a two-day trial and three hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Seattle on Thursday convicted Ellen Brennan Reich, 28, of Bellingham, of violence against a rail carrier. Her co-defendant, 24-year-old Samantha Frances Brooks, pleaded guilty in July.
Two-day trial.
The first day is explaining to the jury what this is all about.
The second day is wrapping things up and giving the case to the jury.
Three hours of deliberation.
Coincidentally, I watched Henry Fonda in Twelve Angry Men yesterday. Too bad for Ellen and Samantha that they didn't have a "Henry Fonda" on the jury. LOL.
My hunch: the twelve jurors felt they just lost three days of their lives they will never get back.
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