Not that (the justices) intended it that way. But it has that effect.

This is not somebody who made some inadvertent false statement, ... This is a case where a jury convicted a CEO for lying to two different government agencies. That's a big deal.

While it's hard to compare-and-contrast (the two trials), there's no question that prosecutors tried a more streamlined case this time.

In the last two years, the government has painstakingly climbed ladders, gotten different people along the way to plead guilty in order to go after someone at the higher rung. We're now at the top of the ladder.

there's never any assurance that a juror who meets a certain profile will return a verdict a certain way.

It's more likely that you can lose a case in jury selection than win the case.