Sentence examples for old verdicts from inspiring English sources

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"When the court's view of the law changes, then it simply rules accordingly and old verdicts are paved over".

The old verdicts suggest a proactive condemnation — of our own era — which, for all we know, future generations may come to endorse.

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We, of New York, remember the Triangle fire cases; we saw our women burned alive, and then when our people appealed to the courts and tried to get justice we got instead the same old verdict from the courts, "Nobody to blame".

But last year the old verdict was quashed and new inquests were ordered, which will begin on 31 March.

Today, as workers are cleaning and restoring the white facade of what is now the MetLife Building, there are signs that a new generation is re-examining that decades-old verdict.

The Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister, and upheld a nearly three-year-old verdict of nine years in prison for sodomizing his wife's driver.

Too clever by half would be an older English verdict.

Speaking outside the Old Bailey after the verdicts, he added: "To the world, Jo was a member of parliament, a campaigner, an activist and many other things.

"We can't afford to let white Democrats take us back to the bad old days of race verdicts, life sentences and lynchings when a white girl screams rape".

Ms. Lloyd explained that Mr. Merrick was trying to deliver an old producer's final verdict: the musical would never make it into the black.

Speaking in the BT Sport studio, former United striker Owen analysed the side not just on the night but over the course of Van Gaal's 18-month reign at Old Trafford, and his verdict revealed that the Dutchman has not been good enough given he has spent over £250m in the transfer market.

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