Editing Ray Lewis (section)

===Outcome===
Oakley and Sweeting maintained that they had acted in self-defense, and after five hours of [[deliberation]], the jury acquitted them of all charges in June 2000.<ref name="sportsline1" /><ref name="LawScope.com">{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Chris |date=June 12, 2000 |title=Two Friends of Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis Found Not Guilty in the Superbowl (sic) Murder Trial |url=http://www.artclu.com/crew/bfoley/lawscope/index.cfm?L1=news&story=10&pg=1 |publisher=LawScope.com |access-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128235155/http://www.artclu.com/crew/bfoley/lawscope/index.cfm?L1=news&story=10&pg=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, Lewis was named [[Super Bowl XXXV]] MVP. However, the signature phrase "[[I'm going to Disney World!]]" was given instead to quarterback [[Trent Dilfer]].<ref name="sportsillustrated.cnn.com" />

On April 29, 2004, Lewis reached an [[out-of-court settlement]] with four-year-old India Lollar, born months after the death of her father Richard, pre-empting a scheduled civil proceeding. Lewis also reached an undisclosed settlement with Baker's family.<ref name="sportsline1" />

During a taped pre-game interview with [[Shannon Sharpe]] that aired on CBS before Super Bowl XLVII, Sharpe told Lewis that the families of the slain men find it difficult to see Lewis idolized by millions of fans, believing he knows more about the killings than he shared,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Florio |first=Mike |date=February 4, 2013 |title=Ray Lewis once again dances around issue of Super Bowl XXXIV murders |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/ray-lewis-once-again-dances-around-issue-of-super-bowl-xxxiv-murders/ |access-date=February 11, 2013 |website=Pro Football Talk |publisher=NBC Sports |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208010337/http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/ray-lewis-once-again-dances-around-issue-of-super-bowl-xxxiv-murders/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and asked what he had to say to those families. Lewis responded, "God has never made a mistake. That's just who He is, you see.... To the family, if you knew, if you really knew the way God works, He don't use people who commits anything like that for His glory."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pierce |first=Scott |date=February 5, 2013 |title=Pierce: CBS needs to waive Shannon Sharpe after Ray Lewis interview |work=Salt Lake Tribune |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55765740&itype=CMSID |access-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226005637/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55765740&itype=CMSID |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Ravens' [[crisis management]] around Lewis's murder trial was revisited by former head coach [[Brian Billick]], by then a media analyst, after the 2013 arrest of [[Aaron Hernandez]] and his swift release by the New England Patriots.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Billick |first=Brian |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Ravens' handling of Ray Lewis case a lesson in managing crisis |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-handling-of-ray-lewis-case-a-lesson-in-managing-crisis-0ap1000000215125 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=NFL.com |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226005634/https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-handling-of-ray-lewis-case-a-lesson-in-managing-crisis-0ap1000000215125 |url-status=live }}</ref>