In Lac-Mégantic, few expected a guilty verdict, or wanted one

LAC-MÉGANTIC — The mood at the cafés and bars in Lac-Mégantic Friday night was subdued, as the news began to sink in that the three railway employees who faced criminal charges in the rail disaster that killed 47 people here in July of 2013 had been found not guilty.
Few interviewed Friday night expressed surprise at the verdict, and most said they never thought the three Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway employees — Thomas Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Dem