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As a matter of principle, the church never disclosed the 'not guilty' verdicts.

Hubert Wolf

A ruling against the industry by the California Supreme Court, coupled with continued individual (verdicts) in the $100 million range, would present a challenge for the industry.

Bill Pecoriello

These are maximum penalties. Judges have the necessary leeway to render appropriate verdicts. As the government became more and more concerned about the traffic of human material and its potential effects on the general health, this law had become a necessity. We had to take action to avert any smuggling.

Francine Manseau

I am afraid the commission's decision paves the way to mass rigging. We are used to ministers or ministries ignoring court verdicts, but for the head of the Constitutional Court and judges to disrespect court rulings is very serious and unprecedented.

Nasser Amin

Appellate courts go out of their way to respect jury verdicts, ... You need real evidence of tampering or pernicious infiltration of the jury room. If you say a newspaper or media report has unduly influenced a jury, it's a very slippery slope.

Orin Snyder

If the administrative phase is conducted in two different courts and it leads to two different verdicts, then prudence and judicial economy would tell us that these proceedings should be consolidated into one court. It only makes sense.

Robert Hager

This was a dedicated jury that asked a lot of relevant questions, paid close attention to the testimony and evidence presented and gave thoughtful consideration to these serious charges. We are very pleased with the verdicts.

Gwen Harris

The law has changed, but you don't see it yet in the courts when verdicts are handed out. Judges don't always follow the new laws, they follow their own feelings too.

Naime Kardas

Ultimately, a defendant's ability to stick to that strategy depends on how often and how hard it gets hit with big verdicts.

Howard Erichson

Once I present the case to the jury I totally accept their verdict. I'm at peace with either of the two verdicts that they could have rendered. They really worked hard on this. I don't look at it as a compromise. I think the evidence would have supported either verdict, second-degree murder or not guilty by reason of insanity. That's what juries are for.

Peter Berger

The verdicts will never bring my brother back. But perhaps now the healing can begin.

Linda Lavin

It will take more verdicts to tell whether trying every case individually is sustainable or needs to be revisited in light of plaintiff victories.

Chris Shibutani

The verdicts today should send the message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare another officer in a web of lies and deceit.

Loretta Lynch

Today we got one answer, and one man can not speak for the correctness of verdicts in a thousand other capital cases.

Peter Neufeld

We knew when the verdicts were reached that the battleground (for appeals) were the punitive damages. It's good that the liability remains with EMSA and the county of Schenectady. We'll study the decision to determine what to do next.

Kevin Luibrand