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?
With few exceptions, Senators recognize that the Constitution gives only one outcome to a verdict of "guilty, " namely, removal from office.
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Mackay ordered that a verdict of not guilty should be entered on a charge of corporate manslaughter.
Earlier Judge Burr explained to the jury that eight of the charges were being withdrawn and they would in time be directed to return a verdict of not guilty on each.
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.
Henceforth a verdict of "Not guilty" means that we'll just have to wait and see what further evidence emerges or can be manufactured by the long and unremitting arm of the law.
And all's well since it is growing better and when I go for a trial for the things done on earth, I think I'll get a verdict of 'not guilty' through my efforts to make the earth a little better than I found it.
While clearing Clegg of the murder charge, the judge upheld an earlier trial's guilty verdict of attempting to wound the driver of the car.
And given that doubt over the precise series of events, the judge said the only verdict could be one of not guilty.
This novel has Scipio dictating his memoirs as he awaits the verdict of his impeachment trial, where a guilty verdict will mean death.
Prosecutors are relentless in their pursuit of a guilty verdict.
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"The board of Wembley remains of the view that the allegations are without foundation, " the company said in a statement, adding that it was too early to gauge what the impact of a guilty verdict would be.
Neither of these did happen because of course the verdict was not guilty and the article which had been prepared was not going to be used, thus no point in updating it.
In 2001 Shabbir Ali Mirza was jailed after being found guilty on a majority verdict of indecent assault.
They said that while they are expecting the accused to be exonerated of the charges, a guilty verdict might have serious implications for the Muslim Communities in America.
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After the guilty verdict, and a sentence of four months in prison, the sharia court in Ras al-Khaimah (one of the emirates) ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on someone else would be sentenced to death.
At least one member of the jury voted against a guilty verdict, forcing a retrial.
The jury found Kinsley and Mansell, who were partners, guilty of murder in a unanimous verdict following an 11-day trial.
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The difficulty in securing a guilty verdict was in part a result of the police's reliance on confessions for almost all convictions.
One idea, based on the ideas of Joseph Isenbergh, a professor at the University of Chicago, is that a guilty verdict does not automatically require removal from office.
As the jury returned its guilty verdict, it marked the end of a traumatic couple of years for Mrs Esack's family, who could not persuade her to do whatever it took to put her violent former husband behind bars.
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Thus, a two-thirds majority vote needed for a guilty verdict has never been a likely outcome of the trial.
The collapse of the case also meant a not guilty verdict being returned on Mr Stobie over Mr Lambert's murder.
After three hours of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict.
The trial of Mandell and Harrington ended with a guilty verdict on July 26th on all counts related to security fraud charges for their actions at Sky Capital.
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Indeed, the Department of Justice urges that its prosecutors seek independent corroboration, either to witnesses or corroborating evidence, of a quality to assure that a guilty verdict is really well founded.
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Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict for the Meenan brothers after four days of deliberations.
Gerald Lefcourt, Ms. Hou's attorney, described the verdict as "unjust" and said his client was not guilty of any crimes.
Greed and success, let alone a guilty verdict, have already pushed Goldman Sachs into a kind of prison.
Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton were found guilty of murdering Constable Stephen Carroll but are appealing against the verdict.
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