Sentence examples for believed a verdict from inspiring English sources

Although observers in the case initially believed a verdict could be announced as early as Wednesday evening, the presiding judge in the case, Gennaro Marasca, said the hearing would continue at 9am on Friday.

"No one believes an innocent verdict in the Yukos case is possible in a Moscow court," Mr. Khodorkovsky said.

Rangers chief executive Charles Green believes a tax tribunal verdict "undermines" a Scottish Premier League investigation into alleged undisclosed payments to former Ibrox players.

In an interview before his appearance, Martin Luther King III said he believed the verdict had led to an unusually introspective and widespread national conversation about race and the criminal justice system.

Jamaat, a key member of the 18-party alliance opposition led by BNP, also called a strike on Tuesday, adding that it believed the verdict to be "politically-motivated".

If Sony is to be believed, the verdict is already in: HD-DVD is a non-starter, and their cross-Japanese Toshibian rivals are toast.

Many readers said they believed that the verdict was a result of a lack of evidence in the case, with no witnesses to resolve questions like who threw the first punch and who screamed for help.

Neil Blundell, partner and head of fraud at Eversheds, who acted for one of Fallon's co-defendants in the 2006 case, said he believed the verdicts could have wider significance in acting as a deterrent.

Mrs Souster believed the inquest verdict should have been "accidental or inconclusive".

Mr. Furr said he believed that the verdict showed that jurors were impressed with the research tobacco companies had done to try to reduce the hazards of smoking.

But Ms. Cohen and many other American families have long believed the trial verdict that held Libya responsible for the bombing in December 1988, and that Mr. Megrahi, working undercover as security chief for Libya's state airline, was one of the principal organizers.