Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a showing of "The Verdict," a film directed by Lumet, the actor-turned-director told an audience of 70 at the Hasty Pudding that movies will only get worse in the future...
...verdict, the first against the Mafia as a criminal enterprise, was the most damaging blow to La Cosa Nostra struck by the Justice Department in its highly successful crusade to disorganize organized crime. "The Mob," exulted Chertoff, "has been decapitated...
...West Berlin tribunal is expected to reach a verdict in the trial next week. If convicted, Hasi and Salameh could face life prison sentences. The verdict may include a judgment by the court on whether Syrian authorities were involved in the bombing. At week's end Bonn had not decided what action it would take in the event of proof of Syrian complicity, though a source close to the government said a complete severing of ties with Syria would be unlikely. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Cabinet is divided over the question of what it might do, and Kohl...
...Showtime last weekend and will be repeated several times in upcoming weeks, the case against Oswald is argued for the first time in a courtroom setting under the rules of courtroom evidence. Real witnesses are examined by real attorneys, and the testimony is evaluated by a jury. The verdict: guilty of murder. Polled on a separate question, the jury decided by a majority vote that Oswald was the sole assassin...
...angry. I'm hurt over the verdict. I think it was a wrong verdict," he said, adding it was too soon to say whether he would lose his position as chairman of the Bronx Democratic party...