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Looks like he could get paroled in three months....

We are not dissatisified. I'd say this is a victory. If you got a guy who is eligible for parole in three months when two people died, that's a victory," Michael Griffith of New York, who has been advising Maher's lawyers, told Courttv.com by phone from Monaco. Griffith said the jury deliberated for less than two hours before issuing its finding. He said Maher's wife, Heidi Maher, cried when the verdict was announced. The defendant was whisked from the courtroom quickly, Griffith said. "When I heard 10 years, I gulped," he said. "But then when I heard his eligibility for parole would be within three months, I was shocked. By the time the appeals over, this guy could conceivably be paroled."

And nic, I would argue that the shorter sentence and the possibility of parole in a quarter, adds credence to the fact that Mr. Maher did infact speak truthfully when he was on the stand.

If there was a big cover up, they would of locked him away forever.

I do hope he's paroled. He's been waiting for a trial for three years....three long years, just for a trial. I would like to know more information concerning all the circumstances surrounding this affair....not just what Monaco has wanted to release. And I'm not saying they've lied about everything, but it really has been a one-sided information type of thing.....and no press here about it, really. I think that's a bit odd, too.