Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students expressed strong opinions on the unusual reversal of the murder verdict, with some believing Woodward's release was justified by her youth and innocence, and others finding the judge's decision--in which he acknowledged that Woodward played a role in the infant's death--overly lenient...
...vast amount of media attention the case inspired caused some students to question the impartiality of the verdict...
...think the judge would have overturned [the verdict] if there was no media attention, if there was no pressure," she said...
...Harvard affiliates involved in the case, the verdict proved a mixed blessing. "I am very pleased with the judge's decision, although I think it probably should have gone further," Dershowitz said. "Under the legal principles of reasonable doubt, there was reasonable doubt about her guilt in this case...
When asked about Woodward's plans to appeal her conviction, he said: "If you're absolutely innocent, you don't accept a guilty verdict of manslaughter...