Surviving Branch Davidians seek truth and justice from trial.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 25, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

WACO, Texas _ Day after day, Branch Davidian Sheila Martin sat quietly in the back of a federal courtroom last week, reliving the tragic events that brought her here.

It was the beginning of the long-awaited trial in the sect's wrongful-death lawsuit. She has been joined in court by other Branch Davidians and relatives of the dead, some who say they came for truth and justice.

Her daily presence in court has been to show that "this is very important to us and to the families that are not with us," she said.

The sect argues that government agents used excessive force ...

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