It took more than nine hours to drive from Michigan to Tennessee, which gave Calvin Zastrow, his wife Trish, and their daughter Eva Zastrow, time to think, pray, and talk. On Monday, they were headed to the now-familiar federal courthouse in Nashville, where, in January, Mr. Zastrow was among six pro-life defendants found guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. They await sentencing in July and face up to 11 years in prison.
This time, the trip was for Eva Zastrow, 25, who, along with three co-defendants, is on trial this week for the same incident but on lesser FACE charges that could result in six months to a year in prison. Her co-defendants are her brother, James Zastrow, 27, of Missouri; Paul Place, 26, of Tennessee; and Eva Edl, 89, of South Carolina, a survivor of a communist concentration camp. Ms. Eva Zastrow, Mr. Zastrow, and Ms. Edl will face trial again in August in Michigan. They could receive an additional 11 years in federal prison each for another charge of violating the FACE Act.
