After extensive trials, most of the gentlemen have been convicted, some with many counts of sexual encounters with children. On twenty five October 2004, 6 adult males ended up convicted, together with Steve Christian, the island's mayor at the time. Gaiman read through the poem aloud to an viewers at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco on 5 October 2008 through his reserve studying tour for The Graveyard Book.