Our expectation was that we'd pick up a hard-earned medal, then gratefully hug friends, family members and even the complete strangers who offeran encouraging word at marathon locations.
Monica's presentation was enough to persuade the prosecutors to offer her an extraordinary deal: complete transactional immunity from prosecution for both Monica and her mother, which means that nothing Monica or anyone else says can be used to put her in jail unless she fails to testify truthfully when she finally has her day before the grand jurors.