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KATHELEEN HAM, WHO MET HER RAPIST TWICE IN COURT, DIES AT 73
February 16, 2021
Lenex Web
At the second trial, the defense lawyer did not cast doubts on her credibility and let her off the stand after 12 minutes. The jury returned a guilty verdict in two hours.
Afterward, nine other women came forward and said Mr. Worrell had raped them too.
He was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison; combined with a life sentence he earned later in Maryland, Mr. Worrell, now in his mid-70s, is all but certain to die behind bars.
Ms. Ham said after the trial that the experience had