Chapter 24 - The Guilty Verdict

After less than three hours of formal deliberation, the jury foreman stood up to deliver the unanimous verdict across all counts.
“On all counts of attempted murder, racketeering, conspiracy, and financial fraud, we find the defendants, Victoria Calloway and Daniel Calloway, Guilty.”
Two days later, the federal judge handed down his sentence: multiple life terms without the possibility of parole for both mother and son.
As the bailiffs led them away toward a high-security federal penitentiary, neither of them dared to look back at the gallery.
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Maya stood outside the courthouse steps under the bright California sun, surrounded by Maria, Mateo, and Agent Jenkins.
The dark shadow of the Calloway family had finally been lifted forever.