JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. crime shocked the world, Haitian immigrant Abner Louima suffered severe internal injuries after being sodomized with a wooden stick by New York City police officers. CNN's Deborah Feyerick joins us now with the verdict from the second trial in this case -- Deborah.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Judy, the police torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima was called one of the worst acts of police brutality in New York City history. Today, three officers found guilty of conspiring to cover up the role of one of the officers. For Charles Schwarz, this is his second conviction, he was found guilty in June of taking part in the bathroom assault by holding Louima down while another cop, Justin Volpe, sodomized Louima with a broomstick. Volpe, right now, doing 30 years for that crime. Well, Schwarz's lawyer says prosecutors have the wrong guy, that Schwarz was never in the bathroom. The prosecutors say today's verdict sends a strong message that cover-ups will not be tolerated.</s>LORETTA LYNCH, U.S. ATTORNEY: The verdicts today should send a message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare a fellow officer in a web of lies and deceit.</s>RONALD FISCHETTI, CHARLES SCHWARZ'S ATTORNEY: This has just been a tragedy in his life and I can't explain it other than to say that again that I am convinced that he never was in that bathroom and we will take appeals from now until doomsday to prove that fact.</s>FEYERICK: Abner Louima released a statement today saying the verdict reinforced his faith in the justice system. As for the families, one of the mothers of the officers collapsed in grief outside of the courtroom. A not guilty verdict would have gone a long way in the appeal of Charles Schwarz, who is trying to appeal his earlier conviction. Tonight, Schwarz is on a suicide watch.
Three N.Y. Police Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Abner Louima Case