Word: verdict
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...could be that O.J. Simpson's acquittal from the charge of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman actually knocked some sense into the man. Or maybe it was the harsh verdict of his civil trial, which ordered Simpson to pay over $33.5 million in damages. But in truth, Simpson probably just didn't want to have another dead woman on his hands...
...legal process. "Sakic symbolizes a past era, but ?Tuta? is very much alive and would probably have some very interesting things to tell the Hague Tribunal about Tudjman and some of Croatia?s generals," says Anastasijevic. Until Croatia faces up to its recent past, the Sakic verdict will look like window dressing...
Political analysts cite a number of factors for the mixed verdict in the polls...
When Bill Clinton shows up at a disaster area, it usually means the disaster?s over. But North Carolina, which would hardly agree with the bird?s-eye verdict that Hurricane Floyd was less fierce than anticipated, still has an aftershock or two left to go. As the President got ready to tour the ravaged state Monday, local officials were bracing for four more inches rain from Tropical Storm Harvey, which was set to sweep through western Florida Monday night. Flash flood warnings are being issued ? and flooding is one thing North Carolina is becoming awfully familiar with these days...
...driving offenses, and the case against him was paper thin--flimsy circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a jailhouse snitch who claimed Fritz confessed while awaiting trial. Was that really all it took to send a man away for life? "When the jury came back with a guilty verdict, I almost went into shock," says Fritz...