Clara Schwartz
More and more often it seems that the sides of a courtroom drama becomes blurred. We all know the vast majorities of murders are committed by those closest to the victims. When it is a spouse or a significant other on trial the courtroom is generally, although not always, divided. The victim's family is almost always behind the prosecutor while the family of the accused sits behind the defense. But, when it comes to murders committed by children of the victim the line is not as easily determined a lot of the time. This is not necessarily one of those cases however. Clara Schwartz was accused of plotting the murder of her father, Robert, a Leesburg Virginia resident who was considered to be an expert in the field of DNA. The majority of her family sat with the prosecution at her trial, not only believing in her guilt, but later asking for the stiffest punishment allowed. It was said, only one relative, an uncle apparently supported her. ...