Re;"Michael Williams, 32, was scheduled to die 
last year for a 1993 rape, robbery and murder. 
Instead, he will get a new hearing because an 
investigator found that the forewoman of his jury 
had been married to a deputy sheriff who testified against him."

At 08:41 AM 4/21/2008, Patricia Lafayllve wrote: 
. . .  Grammatically OK as a sentence (I’d say), 
and implies she married the deputy sheriff at 
some time in the past, but as it stands the 
sentence does not necessarily mean they were 
married during the trial. My solution: “…because 
an investigator found that, at the time of the 
trial, the forewoman of his jury had been married…”

DD: The sentence as first presented allows the 
marriage ceremony and subsequent status of 
married to be before the trial, during the trial, 
as well as after the trial, but before the 
investigator's finding. I love it. There is the 
delightful question, "Does it imply that the 
marriage was terminated?" Your rewrite at least 
eliminates after the trial time. I wouldn't even 
try for a rewrite, I am too cowardly. 

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