The Verdict
The jury was escorted to a room to spend the night and consider the case. But before that, the judge warned them that although this might be difficult, they needed to deliver a clear verdict in the morning.
The guards made me wait until everyone had filed out of the room. When Mr. Pike and I approached the front steps, Cesare stood facing away, a host of reporters around him. “I didn’t testify for Anthony Spadros, his wife, or anyone else. I’m a man of honor, and the truth needed to be told. No matter what my opinion of Mrs. Spadros, or the damage to my reputation, to refuse to speak true would be a miscarriage of justice.”
“So you believe her to be innocent?”
“Entirely. And it’s despicable that she be here at all, not to mention alone, without husband or family by her side
