Chapter 27After eight months of failed attempts to negotiate a resolution that would allow Barbara to serve her time in a psychiatric hospital, this was the day it all came to a head. No cameras were to be permitted in the courtroom, but a media circus was surrounding the courthouse. Trailers, satellites, camera operators, miles of cord, and microphones were thrust into the face of any passerby who might share an opinion about Barbara Madsen. Her trial for the murders of both Cathy Jenkins and Michael Hayward had already been carried out in the press, where both evidence and innuendo were admissible and most citizens had already reached a verdict.
Multiple pretrial motions to suppress evidence on Barbara's behalf had been overruled, and all evidence against Barbara would be presented to t
