Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made it difficult for the defense to offer alternate scenarios of a police conspiracy or murderous drug lords without any hard evidence. Even without the testimony of Simpson, the plaintiffs may be able to reach the necessary "preponderance of the evidence" required to tip the scales toward a favorable verdict...
...that the battle over Simpson's children would wait politely until the conclusion of the civil trial. For one thing, the simultaneous trials are forcing Simpson to shuttle back and forth between two courtrooms. For another, the custody trial (expected to last about five weeks) may conclude before a verdict in the civil trial--a verdict that could, one assumes, have a bearing on the issue of whether Simpson is a fit parent. "It is beyond comprehension that the custody court has seen fit to proceed now," says Martin Guggenheim, a family-law specialist at New York University. Yet Sorrell...
Conversely, a favorable verdict for Simpson in the civil case would not automatically assure him of winning custody. "The court could still rather easily find that it is in the children's best interests that they remain with their grandparents," says Guggenheim. "They suffered a very significant trauma when they lost their mother. And the nurturing they were given by the caregivers in the weeks and months after her death was especially important to their development. Therefore, I would expect an expert to say that taking them away now from their grandparents would inflict new harm on them...
...well-publicized cases brought by minorities and women. In 1991, for example, a California jury awarded $17.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages to Janella Sue Martin, who sued after Texaco denied her a promotion and gave the job to a man. The trial judge set aside the verdict, and the case was later settled for an undisclosed but hefty...
...defeated rival. Bob Dole knows the problem better than most and has in the past demonstrated the guts to address it squarely. If a solution worthy of the word is adopted, then Clinton and Dole will both have won last week, and will both deserve history's kind verdict...