1.   Among legal commentators, the feeling was that Judge Lance Ito had been had.

2.   He appeared frequently on television as a legal commentator during the O.J. Simpson trial and is now host his own television talk show on a cable channel.

3.   Legal commentators have disagreed about the historical lesson to take from the Assessment Controversy.

4.   Legal commentators have long been expressing concern that the stress of prolonged, sequestered duty would take its toll on the Simpson jury.

5.   Legal commentators speculated that the jurors were taking their time to avoid the speed stigma of the Simpson criminal jury.

6.   Legal commentators, however, generally credit the judge with charting a sensible evidentiary course.

7.   Many legal commentators suggested the speed of the verdict favored the prosecution.

8.   Some legal commentators such as Dean have distinguished between the use of the tribunals for terrorists captured overseas and those arrested in this country.

9.   The credit, participants in the case and legal commentators agree, goes to Teresi.

10.   The critics took little note of the gavel-to-gavel coverage of CNN and Court TV, and the high quality of their legal commentators.