[John Jamieson]

"A wrist slap in exchange for his father's life?"

Why didn't he just lie and save his father, then? The answer is, it wouldn't have any difference to the jury.

[John Jamieson]

Many of the talking heads yesterday said the judge is very unlikely to overthrow the jury's sentence. They said it had only happen once or twice in CA. What they didn't say (or maybe didn't know) was that Judge Mudd was the one that did it several years ago.

[cyncooper]

Why didn't he just lie and save his father, then?

Because he swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

[Valpal1]

Neither Neil or the defense attorney's had anyway of predicting what would or would not affect the jury. Geez.

Neil denied responsibility for the kiddie porn because it was the truth, maybe because truth telling is what you're supposed to do? Especially under oath!