Chapter 8 - The Day of Reckoning
Nine months later, the criminal trial concluded.
With Croft's direct testimony, forensic audio-video reconstruction, and medical evidence presented by the trauma team at Northwestern Memorial, the jury deliberated for a record thirty-two minutes.
"On the count of Aggravated Child Abuse with Intent to Cause Grievous Harm: Guilty."
"On the count of Unlawful Confinement of a Minor: Guilty."
"On the count of Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Grand Fraud: Guilty."
Judge Campbell handed down the maximum allowable sentence under state law:
Thirty-Five Years at Dwight Correctional Center, with no eligibility for parole for the first twenty-eight years.
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Julian Croft was sentenced to eighteen years in federal prison for medical fraud and conspiracy.
Justice had been executed without mercy, closing the iron door forever on the monsters who tried to break my child.
