Word: longet
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...Joke. For the defense, Longet -wan and wide-eyed and conservatively turned out in shirt and sweater-was her own best witness. She told the jurors that "Spider and I loved each other very much," an assertion that contradicted local gossip that their relationship was on the skids. The word was that Sabich had ordered Longet to leave because he was tired of her jealous, inhibiting manner. Prosecutor Anderson claimed to have a witness whom Spider had bet $100 that Longet would be gone by April, but he never produced...
...stand, Longet flinched when she was handed the gun to show the jury how she had held it. Whispered Longet: "I continued walking toward him, telling him I wanted to know more about it." Had she raised the gun "playfully"? asked Anderson. She shook her head. "I wouldn't joke with guns...
...Longet told how she had asked Sabich if "the lever [the safety switch] is on the spot; is it safe? And he said, 'Yes, it won't fire.' " Weedman interjected, "And then the gun went off?" Her eyes filled with tears, Longet said, "Yes." In the gallery, Williams was wet-eyed...
...Spider called my name," said Longet, "maybe three times, and he slid down. I told him to try to make it. He was fainting, and I tried to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and I was telling him to please make...
After just 3½ hours, the jury supplied the answer: guilty, but of criminally negligent homicide, a lesser offense than reckless manslaughter. Maximum possible sentence: two years in jail and a $5,000 fine. Her lawyers immediately began considering an appeal, and Longet proclaimed defiantly: "I have too much respect and love for living things to be guilty of this crime...