Ms. Grant, a lawyer by training like her husband, has been present for nearly every moment of the testimony.

Ms. Grant agreed to be interviewed only if her children's first names were not used.

Now, parents like Ms. Grant face a whole new set of problems.

Ms. Grant, 27, worked as a temp at several companies while in school.

But Ms. Grant said she had not seen the girl in several months.

Ms. Grant said no to several places he showed her.

Ms. Grant was 14 years old at the time.

Ms. Grant and the girl were involved in a late-night dispute, the subject of which the police said they did not know.

Her father died of cancer when Ms. Grant was 11.

Ms. Grant said the insistence on equal treatment is broad.

Ms. Grant, a lawyer by training like her husband, has been present for nearly every moment of the testimony.

Ms. Grant agreed to be interviewed only if her children's first names were not used.

Now, parents like Ms. Grant face a whole new set of problems.

Ms. Grant, 27, worked as a temp at several companies while in school.

But Ms. Grant said she had not seen the girl in several months.

Ms. Grant said no to several places he showed her.

Ms. Grant was 14 years old at the time.

Ms. Grant and the girl were involved in a late-night dispute, the subject of which the police said they did not know.

Her father died of cancer when Ms. Grant was 11.

Ms. Grant said the insistence on equal treatment is broad.