Now, under the same circumstances, if you don't want to revamp the system because of a guilty verdict, why should you want to revamp it because of a not guilty verdict?
Kilpatrick wore a surprised, puzzled look at times as U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds read the jury's verdict: guilty of 24 charges, not guilty on three and no consensus on three more.
This novel has Scipio dictating his memoirs as he awaits the verdict of his impeachment trial, where a guilty verdict will mean death.
Another member of the defense team also put a not guilty spin on the fast verdict saying to find him guilty would require them to spend time debating whether it was first degree murder, second degree or a combination of both.
The jury took less than three hours to reach a unanimous guilty verdict on both counts.
It may not result in a guilty verdict against Cohen, but it would sure help Martoma.
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The jury in the three-day trial deliberated for an hour before delivering the not guilty verdict.
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The jury was out for barely an hour before returning with a unanimous guilty verdict.
At least one member of the jury voted against a guilty verdict, forcing a retrial.
Cynics might ask why a trial even matters, since a guilty verdict is a foregone conclusion.
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It took him another 15 years to win a not-guilty verdict at his retrial last year.
That came just after Mrs Payne gave her reaction to the guilty verdict on Whiting.
The jury did not believe his claims and took a few hours to return a guilty verdict.
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Even a guilty verdict may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory, as Mahathir himself has acknowledged.
It is also unclear exactly what a guilty verdict would signify for the soon to be former president.
Greed and success, let alone a guilty verdict, have already pushed Goldman Sachs into a kind of prison.
After the guilty verdict, she told a local television station that she had no interest in life in prison.
Thus, a two-thirds majority vote needed for a guilty verdict has never been a likely outcome of the trial.
Detective Superintendent Craig Dobbie, who led the murder investigation, welcomed the guilty verdict.
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Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict for the Meenan brothers after four days of deliberations.
Mr Bove said at the time he would appeal against a guilty verdict.
Slovakia no longer has the death penalty, so a guilty verdict against Mr Csatary would probably mean life imprisonment.
Nonetheless, the presiding judge, Steven McAuliffe, gave instructions to the jury that virtually begged for a guilty verdict against Tobin.
In the end, Benjamin Stanley was the only defendant remaining in the courtroom when the guilty verdict came down.
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She added following the guilty verdict there were "other matters" that Tabak would be questioned on at a later date.
The collapse of the case also meant a not guilty verdict being returned on Mr Stobie over Mr Lambert's murder.
With few exceptions, Senators recognize that the Constitution gives only one outcome to a verdict of "guilty, " namely, removal from office.
Jurors delivered a guilty verdict and Spector faces between 15 years and life imprisonment when he is sentenced on 29 May.
Although quick verdicts where jurors don't look at the defendant can suggest a guilty verdict, prosecutors weren't predicting what it meant.
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Mackay ordered that a verdict of not guilty should be entered on a charge of corporate manslaughter.
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