CHAPTER 169

His company was a great source of comfort and strength to me and without him, I do not think, I would have been able to pull through this ordeal.

The climax of any trial is the actual judgment and thus, it is the moment for judgment to be given.

The jury convicted Mr. Anderson on several charges including manslaughter; conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges.

The punishment was severe, as should have been the crimes committed by him, and the many lives that he affected. It became time for reckoning, a time I had often dreamed of – but was not entirely comfortable to rejoice in.

As for the events, common people’s lives started to be reconstructed, and the trial became just a vivid memory. The emphasis then shifted from a loud banging of drums to an equally noisy beating of chests through commentary and analysis of the case.

The public’s response ranged from material and psychological satisfaction with the verdict to the systematic critical reflection of how such power could be ex