Chapter 18 - Evelyn Receives Her Final Federal Court Sentencing
Six months later, the federal trial concluded with a unanimous guilty verdict on all twenty-four felony counts of mail fraud and grand larceny. The judge sentenced Evelyn Hale to fifteen years in a federal penitentiary with zero eligibility for early parole.
Sitting at the defense table, stripped of her designer suits and silver hair styling, the former socialite looked broken and entirely defeated. Justice had been delivered with absolute, unyielding precision under the law.
