verdict
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Opening statements are expected to start next week on August 18, with the trial lasting for roughly six weeks, followed by a verdict in early October.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Pam Curran said she had not been able to go into court for the verdict because she did not know how she would react.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Prosecutors frequently use DNA testing to match someone to a crime as a means of getting a guilty verdict, and they are not willing to concede that that same evidence also proves innocence.”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Our first reaction was that the lack of a lopsided verdict meant that El-Sayed would have to work that much harder to bring the party together.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
Like a defendant about to hear the verdict.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
That decision made Brooks eligible for up to $480,000 under a program created by Louisiana lawmakers to pay those wrongfully convicted in a state with one of the highest rates of overturned guilty verdicts.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
After the guilty verdicts Det Ch Insp Richard Sidney said his thoughts were the three young victims.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Jurors reached their verdicts after about six and a half hours of deliberation.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Meta previously said it planned to appeal the California and New Mexico verdicts, and Google has said it would appeal the California verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I enjoyed keeping my legal skills sharp, and in a few cases verdicts were overturned and sentences reduced.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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