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December 9, 1992 - Porter trial day three; MPR News Feature
December 10, 1992 - Porter trial update; MPR News Feature
December 10, 1992 - Final arguments, James Porter trial in Minneapolis; MPR News Feature
December 11, 1992 - Porter guilty; MPR News Feature
December 11, 1992 - Eric Ayer, Porter jury forman speaks; MPR News Feature
December 11, 1992 - Porter still guilty; MPR News Feature
December 12, 1992 - Porter guilty; MPR News Feature
December 12, 1992 - Lucia was sainted, and adopted by the fishermen of Sicily as their patron saint. No one knows exactly how she became the queen of light in a little country far up in the North. Perhaps the Vikings brought the legend back with them. It seems fitting the the tune the old Sicilian folk song was used in Sweden as a traditional song of Lucia.
December 31, 1992 - Porter; attorneys charge prosecution misconduct; MPR News Feature
January 8, 1993 - James Porter denied new trial; MPR News Feature