Unappealing Prospects After the Vatican Trial Verdict

Notices of appeal are flowing in after guilty verdicts were read in Vatican City court Saturday, with which nine of the 10 defendants were convicted of crimes linked to the Secretariat of State’s financial scandal. But with marquee defendants all insisting on their innocence, and vowing to clear their names, how far are they likely to get — and in which court? And what does it all say about the state of Vatican City’s legal system?