Sentence examples similar to a decided day from inspiring English sources

The general election is Oct. 16, but in a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans almost 4 to 1, many consider Tuesday's primary a deciding day.

PHOENIX (AP) — A jury decided Wednesday that a man should serve life in prison for his role in a number of random nighttime shootings that unnerved metropolitan Phoenix in 2005 and 2006.

At issue in a matter decided Thursday was whether a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should apply retroactively.

At the request of her attorney, Amanda Bynes' drunken driving case will be referred to a mental-health court, a judge decided Tuesday.

The federal government was right to claim 10 rare gold coins worth millions of dollars each from a Philadelphia family in 2004, a jury decided Wednesday.

A Los Angeles police officer did not use excessive force when he fatally shot an armed 18-year-old man in the back, a jury decided Monday.

PARIS — The trial of former President Jacques Chirac of France on corruption charges will proceed without Mr. Chirac having to be present, a court decided Monday, citing the poor state of Mr. Chirac's mental health.

A jury decided Thursday that Donald Brooks Jr. of Van Nuys deserves the death penalty for burning his ex-girlfriend alive.

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was found guilty of multiple counts of racketeering and extortion, a jury decided Monday.

Nevertheless, the ruling, along with a second case decided Monday, may signal a new era of legal exemptions to government programs.

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers lied under oath during a drug possession case four years ago, a Los Angeles County jury decided Tuesday.