amy o' sullivan, my appeals unit, was doing extraordinary work as well as balancing parole hearings and appeals, court appearances. the three of them put in countless hours. you don' t see this in trial. trial is their product, but you don' t see the countless hours of preparation and devotion. holidays, saturdays, weekends. they diligently prepared this work. the superior court attorney is my advocate who was assigned, and she gave everything she had to provide assistance to them. the professional law enforcement personnel involved in this, the police department, the massachusetts state police including the crime services unit and crime lab, the k-9 unit, all were dedicated and professional at helping us in our preparation for this case. there are a few people i want to department. he was here every day, worked diligently. people on the scene that day. patty ambroise, chief of police in danvers. as well as the other police cooperation. i also want to point out that paul getta postponed his retirement at the request of the judge so that he could make sure that the court was orderly and