Original sentence: Candace "Candy" Mossler nee Candace Weatherby (1920-1976)  was a socialite at the center of a sensational, highly-publicized murder trial in the 1960s.Candy Mossler and Melvin Powers were defended by lawyer Percy Foreman, a high-profile attorney who later defended James Earl Ray, the man convicted of killing Martin Luther King, Jr.. As her assets--the assets she inherited via Jacques Mossler-- were frozen at the time of her arrest pending the investigation of Jacques' death, Candace paid Foreman's retainer with jewelry, diamonds, and furs that had been bought for her by her late husband  before their separation.During the course of their trial, lawyer Percy Foreman declined to call any witnesses to the stand--, in direct contrast to the district attorney, who called a number of questionably relevant witnesses--and only gave a closing statement which, by many accounts, was extremely compelling
Edited sentence: Candace "Candy" Mossler née Candace Weatherby (1920-1976)  was a socialite at the center of a sensational, highly-publicized murder trial in the 1960s.Candy Mossler and Melvin Powers were defended by lawyer Percy Foreman, a high-profile attorney who later defended James Earl Ray, the man convicted of killing Martin Luther King, Jr.. As her assets—the assets she inherited via Jacques Mossler—were frozen at the time of her arrest pending the investigation of Jacques' death, Candace paid Foreman's retainer with jewelry, diamonds, and furs that had been bought for her by her late husband  before their separation.During the course of their trial, lawyer Percy Foreman declined to call any witnesses to the stand--, in direct contrast to the district attorney, who called a number of questionably relevant witnesses—and only gave a closing statement which, by many accounts, was extremely compelling