Angela Garcia listens during the prosecution's opening remarks. Monday, August 28, 2000.
(David I. Andersen/The Plain Dealer)

Angela Garcia, right, looks back over her shoulder as her trial begins Aug. 30, 2000.
Garcia's attorney Thomas E. Shaughnessy is behind.
(Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)

Angela Garcia cries before the reading of the verdict at her trial in the Justice Center. May 24, 2001.
(Lonnie Timmons III/The Plain Dealer)

Angela Garcia waves goodbye to her family as she is lead out of Judge Bridget M. McCafferty's court room
June 8, 2000, by Cuyahoga County Sherrifs deputies. Garcia lost her bid for a reduction in bail hearing.
(John Kuntz/Plain Dealer)

Angela Garcia waits for her sentencing in Judge Bridget McCafferty's courtroom
at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
(Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)

The re-trial of Angela Garcia (green outfit) got started on Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, 2001 in Judge
Bridget McCafferty's courtroom at the Cleveland Justice center. Her lawyer, Mark Rudy, is on the right.
(Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)

The victims

Ibrahim B. Ahmed holds a photo of two of his granddaughters who died in a Nov. 20, 1999 house fire.
(Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Delaer)