verdict
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But in 2021 the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled he had been tried in the wrong jurisdiction and vacated the guilty verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Banks, who was in a tan suit and brown tie, appeared nervous ahead of the verdict being read, swaying back and forth and at times swiveling in his chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Chow's mother Medina told a crowd outside the court not to be "overly saddened" about the verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The foreperson said the male juror "admitted he had reasonable doubt" in her criminal responsibility but wouldn't agree to a not guilty verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 1868, after a trial failed to reach a verdict and charges were dismissed, he was released, a free man.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald warned the gallery to “maintain decorum,” stating that the verdicts would be a “moment of either joy or grief.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Despite the verdicts, he is still hailed as a hero by some Serbs, particularly in Republika Srpska, where his death was marked with vigils and gatherings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
And the risk of so-called nuclear verdicts from juries pressures government entities to settle before cases reach court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Instead, it twice asked the state's juries commissioner to investigate in the weeks following the verdicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In 91 percent of these cases, judges replaced life verdicts from juries with death sentences.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing verdict
You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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And Then There Were None
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