Galati Guilty; One Down, Two to Go
Ron Galati faces life--and still has two more trials in his future. The jurors deliberated for an hour on Monday and an additional three hours on Tuesday. They were hung--hopelessly deadlocked. They said as much in a note to Judge Joseph Rodriguez. Keep trying , he responded. And, presto! Less than one hour later, the jurors reached a verdict and just... like... that , Ronald Galati was found guilty on all counts in his murder-for-hire trial. The man himself "sat stone-faced at the defense table," noted Philly.com , while the forewoman read the verdicts aloud in the courtroom. Galati, 64, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire, and associated weapons charges.