While the two women were certainly criminals and liars, as their own defense attorney admitted, the charges were weak, and many people doubted their identification as the Benders.
2人の女性は、彼女らの被告人側弁護士が認めたように、たしかに犯罪者でうそつきであったが、その一方で、容疑は弱かったし、多くの人が彼女らのベンダー家の人々としての身元を疑った。