Sentence examples for face a verdict from inspiring English sources

Frederick Chiluba, president from 1991 to 2001, will himself face a verdict in July on corruption charges.

As a result, Mr. Berlusconi could face a verdict later this year, as he sits at the top of Italian government and as Italy takes the rotating presidency of the European Union.

BUCHAREST, Romania — The powerful leader of Romania's governing party — convicted of voter fraud, suspected of stealing millions of dollars of European Union funds, and soon to face a verdict in a case involving abuse of power — had a message for the more than 100,000 citizens who gathered in one of the capital's main squares recently: He is the victim.

Those not sentenced on Saturday will face a verdict on March 9, the judge said.

And the 12 defendants — who are former Catalan government officials, members of parliament and civil society leaders — won't be alone in facing a verdict.

But Ms. Kazakova still faced a verdict, and her supporters had said that given how the case had already been conducted, they expected a guilty verdict and a prison sentence.

MOSCOW — Two prominent intellectuals, facing a verdict of up to three years' imprisonment over a museum exhibition in 2007, issued dire warnings on Thursday that Russia was starting to resemble Nazi Germany, contemporary Iran and the Soviet Union in the harshness of its growing nationalism, dominance of the Russian Orthodox church and fear of modern art.

England fans looking for crumbs of comfort beyond the current tarnished "golden generation" in the ill-starred World Cup face a damning verdict from Sir Trevor Brooking, the FA's director of football development.

There is already speculation that Mrs. Su could face a harsher verdict, a result that would appease the online critics but could also set an uneasy precedent for reformers trying to establish a genuine rule of law in China.

Justice Jeremy Baker said: "As far as Soumaya Boufassil is concerned on the prosecution offering no evidence against her, I order that on the singular indictment that she faces that a verdict of not guilty be entered.

This farcical moment shows the racial tension and racial contempt underlying the theoretical fairness of the law-court: it is an interesting counterpoint to Mandela's own defiance in the dock as he faces a guilty verdict in 1962.