Kevin Downey, a lawyer for Ms. Holmes, argued that she believed her own claims and had never meant to deceive. Ms. Holmes’s case is being closely watched as a referendum on the worst excesses of Silicon Valley’s start-up culture, which prizes change-the-world claims and fast growth. The jury of eight men and four women will begin to deliberate Ms. Holmes’s fate once the defense concludes its closing arguments, most likely on Friday. Before Theranos imploded, Ms. Holmes stood out as the rare successful female founder in the male-dominated tech industry. He walked through the witnesses one by one and outlined each element of the 11 counts against Ms. Holmes.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2021 23:50 UTC