Chapter 12
After only three hours of deliberation, the federal jury returned to the courtroom with a unanimous, devastating verdict.
"On the counts of grand larceny, corporate fraud, and attempted poisoning, we find the defendants entirely guilty," the foreman read aloud.
Margaret collapsed onto the defense table, sobbing uncontrollably with exaggerated reactions that drew zero sympathy from the stone-faced judge.
David simply stared blankly ahead, paralyzed by the cold authority of the justice system that was about to swallow him whole.
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The judge sentenced David to twenty-five years in a maximum-security penitentiary, and Margaret to fifteen years without the possibility of parole.
As they were led away in leg irons, Victoria did not smile; she simply turned and walked out of the courtroom.
