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By barrister clare ward. it says killers with a history of coercive or controlling behaviour will face tougher sentences. and the use of excessive or gratuitous violence will be made aggravating factors in sentencing decisions. the next step is to find how much weighting that will carry, and that will involve lawyers and judges being trained. so when could we see longer sentences? i will look to get it rolled out as swiftly as we can, but i don't want to rush it either, because it needs, it involves quite a lot of nuance, quite a lot of sensitivity, quite a lot of awareness, but the judiciary ...

Was heard tonight and justice was brought for them. we cannot bring them back but we can bring them justice. >> the judges cohost of the five who was been following the case who are happy to have join us make you so much for joining us what you take away from this. from this sad and ugly saga? >> i follow the case from the beginning, there was something like 28 days of testimony. and it was a span of about six weeks and it was incredibly fast for verdict. especially in a case that is circumstantial. well, all murder cases essentially because the victim may sing in a come back and say he killed...

And so i want to say tonight, their voice was heard tonight and justice was brought for them. we can't bring him back , but we can bring him justice. judge newman pirro is co-host of the five, has also been following this case. we're happy to have her join us tonight. judge, thanks so much for coming on . what's what's your takeaway from this very, very sad, ugly saga? >> well, i you know, i followed this case from the beginning. we there were something like twenty eight days of testimony. it is a span of about six weeks, incredibly fast verdict, especially in a case. it's circumstantial, but ...

Doubt, i think it is a testament to the strength of the circumstantial evidence and the presentation by the prosecutors. >> and let's talk about that. you've mentioned you tried 52 murder cases, and you're not sure you've seen circumstantial evidence as strong as what we saw in this trial. what did you mean by that? and what is that evidence that is unusual and that was so strong? >> yeah, it is really interesting because there are circumstantial evidence cases and then there are direct evidence cases. a quick example of direct evidence is an eyewitness who observes the crime and identifies th...

Throughout the time leading from the time of— throughout the time leading from the time of the indictment and prior, to this moment in time, certainly you have _ this moment in time, certainly you have no— this moment in time, certainly you have no obligation to say anything other— have no obligation to say anything other than— have no obligation to say anything other than saying not guilty. and obviously— other than saying not guilty. and obviously appeals are probably expected, or absolutely expected. obviously appeals are probably expected, orabsolutely expected. i would _ expecte...