Comments made by Dr. Matthew Neulander, Rabbi Fred J. Neulander's older son, to Court TV. The interview was given just after the jury that convicted his father of murdering his mother, Carol Neulander, spared the rabbi the death penalty: His immediate action to the verdicts:

"I am very satisfied with both verdicts. I respect the jury for having to make two very difficult decisions." On why he referred to his father only as Fred during the retrial:

"Well, let me be short, I am certainly convinced of his guilt. The fact that I referred to him as Fred was not a ploy or a gambit.

"I thought that probably the best way to approach testifying was to be honest and genuine. The most honest, genuine thing I could do is refer to him the way I have been referring to him in the course of the last year." On when he became convinced of his father's guilt:

"It may have been Fred's testimony at the (first) trial that had an effect on changing my mind. I tried to hang in there with Fred, I did. I gave him the most benefit of the doubt I could.

"As I sat there and I watched him lie repeatedly and baldly during his testimony, lies that perhaps may not even be evident or be provable to people watching. But lies that I knew because I was there.

"It really became cemented for me that a man who's innocent wouldn't need to testify, wouldn't need to tell untruths, in this way." On whether, in retrospect, there were signs Fred Neulander could be a killer:

"That's probably what's most unsettling about this whole bizarre period of my life that started two nights before mom died with this fight that just didn't have any reference, no context. You could say whatever you want about Fred's skills as a father, certainly you can say a lot less about his skills as a husband.

"But there certainly wasn't any clue, to me, who I think I'm pretty observant, that he was leading a double life or had these inherently evil qualities we now know him to have." On not testifying at the death penalty hearing:

"My primary hope and wish and prayer to the last years was answered after the verdict phase ended and anything that happened today was really just a matter of figuring out how we were going to punish an obviously guilty man, and either way was ultimately acceptable to me." On understanding the family's past:

"Looking at the man we have all learned Fred to be, it's certainly quite difficult, but you can look back on things during my childhood and growing up and you need to start wondering to yourself.

"What did he really mean by that? What was he really thinking when he did that? Was he ever genuine in any of the things he said to mom or did for us?" On his disgust over the rabbi's comments about Carol Neulander:

"His words this morning were absolutely galling, absolutely so inappropriate, so frustrating and so maddening, and yet so very like him, that he would sit there as a guilty, convicted felon and eulogize my mother.

"It's a disgrace and an accurate reflection of the man he is."