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1.) ASA Brian Cavanagh and the victim's brother, Rick Lentry, after the sentencing.  Both men are gracious to a fault.  Cavanagh told Loureiro "you are a very lucky man, you have marvelous advocates for lawyers".  Lentry, for his part, said the family was prepared for either verdict, having agreed before the second trial that life without parole would be an acceptable outcome.  After the conviction, however, he did want the death penalty, adding "it upsets me because we had a death verdict in the first place".  In the end he stressed that justice was done vis a vis the conviction for first degree murder, saying "it's just not the same penalty, but a good enough penalty".  Lentry, who attended both trials, attributed the change in jury recommendations to different witnesses being called (one may have deceased since the first trial), and a much stronger presentation by Loureiro's daughters this time around...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on July 14, 2010 (boomark / email).