There was the priest sitting next to his mother. And there was his wife, Andra Schwarz, who greeted the microphones every day to proclaim her husband's innocence. The petite brunette woman was never angry - she was calm, almost serene. I was no where near the bathroom, I don't know how this could have happened but he needs to tell the world and the world needs to hear it. And then there were the attorneys.
Prosecutors are loathe to talk to the press.
But defense lawyers love the media almost as much as politicians. They talked with us daily and told raunchy jokes. We bonded with them. After the three defense attorneys cross examined a government witness, I heard a television reporter congratulate one of them in the hallway. So after a month of predictions that this trial would prove Charles Schwarz was innocent, the guilty verdict was a shock for his friends and family.