Prisoners, Survivors, and Judgment Creditors

This chapter narrates the fallout from the Townley trial and ends Part Two. Townley and his wife separate after he goes into witness protection. Isabel Letelier continues to seek justice while Michael Moffitt, experiencing post-traumatic stress, largely retreats from the case. In civil courts, the families sue the Chilean government for monetary damages. They win at first and become “judgment creditors,” but their case is then reversed on appeal. Nevertheless, a precedent of compensation is set.