Even though they found against him, Price and the county, he said, "We're all humans."

Reached by cellphone Wednesday afternoon, Searcey hung up, then declined to comment in a text.

In a call from Alabama, Joseph White's mother, Lois, said she is relieved the trial is over. She sat through the four-week trial but since has gone home.

"Finally, Gage County and company were being held responsible for what they did to my son and the other five," she said. "I am relieved that this part of it is done, and I'm not worried about the rest of it."

For her, it was about clearing her son's name and maybe keeping the same thing from happening to others.

Joe White went home to Alabama after he was released from prison. He died in a workplace accident there in 2011.

"Joe never stopped fighting for justice," said Patterson, a lead attorney for the six. "And his family, after he passed, never stopped trying to clear his name. That was really as important as anything else."

Asked what he would think if he were alive, Lois White said: "It's about time."

Reach the writer at 402-473-7237 or lpilger@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSpilger.

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