The assistant district attorney painted the events in Westport as an epic encounter between forces of good and evil. It's what Shakespeare plays, soap operas and novels are made of: ambition, pride, perceived humiliation, revenge. The fact that the battle took place in a town of about 300 residents, that several of the main characters were habitual criminals, that one was the head of the rural county's Republican party, are mere details.
Those details also provide some insight into the fickle nature of the American media. When the shooting first happened, in 2005, and the murder-for-hire charges were filed, several news outlets picked it up, including the Associated Press and Reuters, under their "Odd News" heading. Four years later, when he was finally tried and convicted, there was not a word of follow-up. Westport was just the punch line to a big-city media joke.
A good summary of all the drama can be found here.
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