Sentence examples for predetermined verdict from inspiring English sources

"I felt like this was not a real trial, but that they just went through the motions to reach a predetermined verdict," she said.

As such, it has caused great anxiety among Chinese leaders, whose fondest hope is that the trial's predetermined guilty verdict will assuage popular outrage and return the focus — theirs and China's — to the country's manifold economic problems.

Mr. Bo's trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began on Aug. 22, and a verdict, likely predetermined, as in other political show trials, is expected to be announced next month.

Moreover, since the trials were linked to politics and the verdicts were likely predetermined, officials may not have felt the need to thoroughly present evidence in court, even if the evidence had been gathered.

It was all predetermined that this would be the verdict from day one of their arrest.

A verdict for Mr. Bo, most likely predetermined by party leaders, is expected in early September.

Verdicts in Chinese trials are often predetermined, especially when the trial is tied to elite politics.

Tesla claims the whole episode was created with "a dominant improper motive" to support this verdict, which the company says was "prejudged, predetermined and prescripted".

And political analysts and party insiders say a guilty verdict for Mr. Bo has almost certainly been predetermined.

Verdicts in Chinese criminal cases, especially those with a political dimension, are often predetermined.

"Nothing is predetermined.