Longer Gilbert story up

Velma Gilbert, recently acquitted of murder.

I wrote a lengthier version of the Velma Gilbert acquittal story for our weekend edition. It includes more details about the shooting as well as more comment from the prosecution and the defense.

Here is a link to the longer story:
With conflicting accounts of shooting, jury acquits Velma Gilbert

The original story has sparked a bit of a firestorm on our comment section, apparently between feuding family members. Read it here.


-Brandon