Sentence examples for contrary verdict from inspiring English sources

A compelling contrary verdict is rendered by Edward Gibbon in his monumental "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".

James Lindgren has a contrary take If the verdict is "Guilty," as expected for Sunday, there are a number of possibly bad consequences for the Republicans in any event.

Jury nullification occurs in a trial when a jury reaches a verdict contrary to the judge's instructions as to the law.

Another dissenting judge said that endorsing the majority verdict would be contrary to his judicial oath of office.After the majority's verdict was handed down, Sir Michael travelled to government house hoping to be sworn in.

"The jury simply was not entitled to refuse to award any damages for Hazle's undisputable — and undisputed — loss of liberty, and its verdict to the contrary must be rejected".

His manager's verdict suggests he is, contrary to comments he used in defeat, "idealistic" about the players he has around him.

Contrary to your editorial, the draconian verdict rendered against Merck in a single questionable case will not serve as a wakeup call to the pharmaceutical industry but rather as a death knell for further research.

Bertolotti last week flagged up a new toxicology report he commissioned which suggested his daughter may have been "poisoned by a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent", contrary to the official coroner's verdict.

To the contrary, they said, it is a compelling verdict on the Texas governor's sturdy appeal.

They still ride his coattails even in death, revisit the crimes whenever in front of a camera, and claim guilt to this day despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary and a not guilty (14 counts) verdict.

But he did not criticise the notoriously slow-moving Italian justice system, saying on the contrary it was designed to achieve the right verdict.