McGrath, I know papers write obituaries way ahead of time, but this is ridiculous!

Of course, there's nothing in there that's improbable. If the appeal had been denied, a few actual details could have been tossed in on the spot, a minor revision here and there. Think of the time the writer would have saved.

And presumably the acquittal version had also been written long ago,and appropriate modifications were made.

The more I think about it, the more sense it makes. So I'm going to stop thinking about it immediately.