the end!

i received a call the other day from the assistant district attorney for the county of santa clara that was prosecuting the case for the armed robbery that i witnessed three years ago.  he let me know that the jury had come back with a verdict of guilty, and that the bad guys (my term) would be going to jail for a "good, long time" and that it would be "many, many years before they were eligible for parole."  i am so glad this is done and over, that i don't have to have it in the back of my mind anymore, that i don't have to worry about rearranging my schedule to respond to a subpoena whenever they decide to send one in case they do go to trial on the day that they are preparing to.  it's nice to know that justice has been served, that right prevailed, and that my duty as a citizen (in this instance) is completed.