A rain of shit did indeed fall on Katz’s head. Papers around the country reported about the suppression of key evidence from Lillian Pierce. KABC radio ran an on-the-hour editorial blasting the verdict. Letters to the editor from outraged readers, as stories of John Sweeney’s history of violence against women became public knowledge, filled the newspapers. The Herald Examiner published a front-page article about the case: “Heat of Passion: Legitimate Defense or a Legal Loophole?”
