Sentence examples for instead of a verdict from inspiring English sources

… The jury had taken the most lenient view, but if people would have children, and then, out of their own selfishness and greed for getting money, without making proper provision for looking after them, went and left children in the house, juries would have to take notice of it, and would bring in, instead of a verdict of accidental death, a verdict of manslaughter.

After a time, the judge will instruct you if they are prepared to accept a majority 10-2 verdinsteadtead of a unanimous verdict.

Much of the afternoon session was taken up by O'Mara's arguments for Zimmerman's acquittal by the judge instead of leaving a verdict to the all-female jury of six, and his citing of several previous cases as examples in which defendants were acquitted when victims were shown to be the aggressors.

As he does throughout his movie, Mr. Soderbergh delivers this juxtaposition between love and bullets without overt comment, a dissatisfying tactic for those seeking a verdict instead of a diagnosis.

Deaths from undetermined injuries were included, because this category includes cases for which the coroner has given an open or narrative verdict, instead of a classification of suicide.

What if, instead of sanctuary, a guilty verdict, and someone saying "I believe you", I had been told that my fractured, confused story didn't add up?

He is seeking a verdict that he was not responsible for the crime because of mental illness, which would result in his being held, possibly for the rest of his life, in a psychiatric institution instead of a prison.

It has left Ashton convinced that more ex‑players should be involved in the latter stages of disciplinary decisions, instead of leaving career‑defining verdicts to those who have never scrabbled for a ball in a maul or fractionally mistimed an aerial tackle in a professional fixture.

Sometimes it despaired of reaching a verdict.

He could force more jurors into the box than he does, he said, but a miserable juror who is straining to get back to work might be too eager to reach a quick verdict instead of engaging in a full and careful deliberation.

Instead of letting the voters' verdict settle the matter, the new Ukrainian rulers staged a show trial.