find what happened to my wife. the defense conceded. groves did go home that day to change his shirt, but said, that was because he got dirty at the plant, where you had to lead a tour for a group of children from. that lunch hour trip home, they argued, simply made the prosecution s version of events even more unlikely. if you factor in all of the witnesses, when they saw him at the plant, how does he have anywhere near enough time to do what they claim he did? for 27 years, the question of what had happened to kathy heckle had hung over lock haven. now, it was up to a clinton county jury to finally provide an answer. it was contentious. sean sanford, a toddler at the time that kathleen heckle disappeared, was the jury foreman. the very first but we took was 75, 84, four guilty. i thought it will be the other
then i focused on ahmaud s family. you can see the pain and at the same time the joy they were experiencing from finally getting this verdict. then i looked up to the jury, and it s the jury that showed so much emotion. you could see several of them crying. especially the jury foreman. a black man who was crying over and over again as they were talking about this verdict coming to an end. you think about the pain this community has experienced. let s not forget, before this video was put out, people watched this and decided not to put any charges on these men until so many people started fighting to change that. john. ryan young, our eyes and ears in the courtroom. thank you for being there. just ahead, a look at what should have been an easy layup for senate republicans holding an open seat in a very red state. instead, a controversial candidate could win the party s nomination giving democrats a chance. details ahead. certified from headlamp to tailpipe.
john, you know, in the state case, you got to see this play out across the world, but in this case, it really was up to us, the reporters, to tell you what happened in court. as i was sitting back in the rows, i could see travis mcmichael almost bend over when they said guilty after guilty. then i focused on ahmaud s family. you can see the pain and at the same time the joy they were experiencing from finally getting this verdict. then i looked up to the jury, and it s the jury that showed so much emotion. you could see several of them crying. especially the jury foreman. a black man who was crying over and over again as they were talking about this verdict coming to an end. you think about the pain this community has experienced. let s not forget, before this video was put out, people watched this and decided not to put any charges on these men until so many people started fighting to change that. john. ryan young, our eyes and ears in the courtroom. thank you for being there. app