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Download the Weather App. Submit a Tip. Chad Read Shooting. Reagor Dykes Coverage. Sex Trafficking on the South Plains. Pay It Forward. Best of the West. Gray DC Bureau. Harvard Law Today spoke with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner , now a senior lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, about the verdict, how the trial was conducted, and comparisons to the ongoing trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery.
Harvard Law Today: Were you surprised by the verdict? Nancy Gertner: No. The judge had put his finger on the scale. But that also opened the door to demonizing the victims about what they were doing in Kenosha.
And that broader lens continued to be part of the problem. And during the closing arguments, the defense kept talking about how Rittenhouse came to prevent the protestors from doing again that night what they had done before. It was a trial of the protestors. By this point, I changed hotels just to be a few steps closer to the courthouse. Judge Davila's courtroom was closed throughout deliberations unless the jurors had returned a note or a verdict. While the courthouse provided another room for reporters and members of the public to pass the time in until then, many like myself opted for the floor which provided closer proximity to the elevator banks.
That way, we could get clues about when the jury was entering or leaving for the day, or any other comings and goings that may provide hints into a trial that, in many ways, felt as elusive as Holmes herself.
Searching for the real Elizabeth Holmes. Like other reporters, I had covered aspects of the Theranos story on and off for years before setting foot in the courtroom. In her heyday, Holmes' image had been carefully crafted. As the story went, she dropped out of her sophomore year at Stanford to pour herself into revolutionizing blood testing because of her own stated fear of needles.
She leaned into the accolade of being a visionary like her idol, Steve Jobs, with her signature black turtlenecks. She spoke with authority and confidence, in a deep voice that no one seems to forget. The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes: A timeline. The trial drew apparent friends of Holmes, some of whom showed up on the day of opening statements dressed in a look that resembled the former CEO at Theranos' peak -- clad in black attire with their hair pulled back at the nape of their necks.
It also attracted an artist who set up a performance art display outside the courthouse, selling a very limited number of blonde wigs, black turtlenecks and "blood energy" drinks. She said she wanted to see "what it was like experiencing her energy. Inside the courtroom, Holmes' image also felt purposefully designed — but this time, to soften her. Gone was her dark eye makeup and turtleneck and in its place, suit skirts or dresses, neutral makeup and her hair down with loose waves.
Her mother was her constant companion at the trial. Evans, her partner, was also frequently in attendance.
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