Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sorkow went further. He stripped Whitehead of her parental rights. Barring a reversal of his decision, she may never legally see her child again. Apparently anticipating defeat, Whitehead sat out the verdict at home, 50 miles away. Earlier that day, in a regular court-approved visit, she had spent two hours with her daughter in the neutral territory of a local youth center. The judge had shown exasperation with Whitehead's lead attorney at several points during the trial. Even so, the vehemence of his language in the ruling came as a shock to many. Perhaps with...
...Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joel Rudof ruled that despite Smith's detailed account of the murder of a woman she never knew or saw, police did not have probable cause to lock her up. Smith's attorney has asked for $750,000 in damages; the jury's verdict is expected this week...
...Committee, his hands clasped tightly, the diminutive State Department legal adviser, Abraham Sofaer, hardly looked the role of enfant terrible. But after being praised publicly by Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz, Sofaer last week stared straight ahead as Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts delivered a harsher verdict: "You may say the President hasn't created a constitutional crisis . . . maybe you have. Maybe your memorandum...
...nearly two years ago by federal prosecutors. As the jury foreman called out not-guilty findings for Gotti and six co-defendants, including Gotti's brother Gene, the triumphant Gotti jumped up, pointed to the prosecution table and said, "Shame on them! I'd like to see a verdict on them." Added his lawyer Bruce Cutler: "This is a powerful verdict...
...trial in the notorious "pizza connection" case ended last week after nearly 17 months, but the eleven-member jury needed only six days to deliver its verdict. A former Sicilian Mafia chief and 16 other men, said the exhausted jurors in New York City last week, were guilty of conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine through a network of pizza parlors...