I've followed this story since it first came to light but unfortunately had trouble following the trial because I had surgery to remove a few tumors from my tibia and ankle a week ago! I was on so many pain meds, I could barely remember my own name let alone follow along with any consistency.
This trial didn't go at all the way I expected. Did I miss the part where the defense put on any witnesses to speak to MC's character, to say she was a good person? Did her family testify on her behalf? Any peers? Where was her remorse? I expected a big show of how sorry she was and that this was somehow a weird Romeo and Juliet type shared fantasy gone wrong.
If MC were my daughter, and I think God she isn't, I would not be able to look at her, let alone testify on her behalf. But for some reason I expected her family to be on her side since her mom didn't seem to have trouble posting for her on social media...