Humiliation in court
The press and onlookers were seated in the courtroom, and the prosecutor stood up and claimed that the woman was a fraud, that she kidnapped the children and tried to fraudulently receive welfare benefits. Ellen, face down in the defendant’s seat, hears whispers from the audience, “She’s a terrible woman, poor kids. Tindell countered, “We have evidence, birth records, doctors’ testimony, mother’s testimony,” but the prosecutor said, “DNA disproves it, science doesn’t lie,” and the judge makes the final decision.
