Carrie and Emma Buck the day before the trial, Paul Lombardo
Interviewee: Paul Lombardo. Lombardo discusses Carrie and Emma Buck's state of mind prior to the Buck vs. Bell trial.
Since Carrie's baby had been taken away from her only a few months earlier, she was likely depressed. Her mother, we know little about Emma, but Emma was also probably concerned, considering the lawyers, the doctors, and everyone else was paying so much attention to this day and her daughter.
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