There's really not much I can say. We put on everything we had and have no reason to hang our heads. It's just very disappointing. The courtroom gallery of 50 spectators and family gasped when the first not-guilty verdict was read, and Lynda Chmura, Mark's wife, began crying. The verdict came after a half day of closing arguments, which at times turned brutal.
Alcohol is the number one skewer of reality.
Immaturity, lack of supervision and booze mixed a dangerous cocktail, Bucher said. Something bad happened in that bathroom, something sexual. What happened in that bathroom was not consensual sex by any stretch of anyone's imagination. Boyle said his case rested on the shoulders of two teens whose testimony contradicted the state's case. He told jurors that she turned and smiled as she went inside.