Now, under the same circumstances, if you don't want to revamp the system because of a guilty verdict, why should you want to revamp it because of a not guilty verdict?
With few exceptions, Senators recognize that the Constitution gives only one outcome to a verdict of "guilty, " namely, removal from office.
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Mackay ordered that a verdict of not guilty should be entered on a charge of corporate manslaughter.
Earlier Judge Burr explained to the jury that eight of the charges were being withdrawn and they would in time be directed to return a verdict of not guilty on each.
And all's well since it is growing better and when I go for a trial for the things done on earth, I think I'll get a verdict of 'not guilty' through my efforts to make the earth a little better than I found it.
Henceforth a verdict of "Not guilty" means that we'll just have to wait and see what further evidence emerges or can be manufactured by the long and unremitting arm of the law.
"The board of Wembley remains of the view that the allegations are without foundation, " the company said in a statement, adding that it was too early to gauge what the impact of a guilty verdict would be.
One idea, based on the ideas of Joseph Isenbergh, a professor at the University of Chicago, is that a guilty verdict does not automatically require removal from office.
This novel has Scipio dictating his memoirs as he awaits the verdict of his impeachment trial, where a guilty verdict will mean death.
Prosecutors are relentless in their pursuit of a guilty verdict.
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But the inevitable result of a guilty verdict in this trial is the President's removal from office, and I believe that reasonable minds can differ on whether or not that consequence is appropriate.
Thus, a two-thirds majority vote needed for a guilty verdict has never been a likely outcome of the trial.
In 2001 Shabbir Ali Mirza was jailed after being found guilty on a majority verdict of indecent assault.
They said that while they are expecting the accused to be exonerated of the charges, a guilty verdict might have serious implications for the Muslim Communities in America.
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After the guilty verdict, and a sentence of four months in prison, the sharia court in Ras al-Khaimah (one of the emirates) ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on someone else would be sentenced to death.
The process is rarely used fewer than 20 times (depending on your method of counting) in the republic's two centuries and depends for its outcome on the political context and the need to muster two-thirds of the Senate for a guilty verdict in the trial that follows the House's impeachment.
At least one member of the jury voted against a guilty verdict, forcing a retrial.
The jury found Kinsley and Mansell, who were partners, guilty of murder in a unanimous verdict following an 11-day trial.
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The difficulty in securing a guilty verdict was in part a result of the police's reliance on confessions for almost all convictions.
By the judge allowing the wire taps, she must have seen the writing on the wall and suddenly a few years in prison seemed like a good decision instead of spending more money on legal fees and risking many more years in prison with a guilty verdict at trial.
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The collapse of the case also meant a not guilty verdict being returned on Mr Stobie over Mr Lambert's murder.
After three hours of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict.
The trial of Mandell and Harrington ended with a guilty verdict on July 26th on all counts related to security fraud charges for their actions at Sky Capital.
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Indeed, the Department of Justice urges that its prosecutors seek independent corroboration, either to witnesses or corroborating evidence, of a quality to assure that a guilty verdict is really well founded.
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Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict for the Meenan brothers after four days of deliberations.
As the jury returned its guilty verdict, it marked the end of a traumatic couple of years for Mrs Esack's family, who could not persuade her to do whatever it took to put her violent former husband behind bars.
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Greed and success, let alone a guilty verdict, have already pushed Goldman Sachs into a kind of prison.
Minutes after the first-degree murder guilty verdict was announced last week, Arias said receiving a sentence of life in prison without parole would be the worst possible outcome.
Sleaford was was found guilty of murder by a jury with an 11-1 majority verdict.
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When the court announced a guilty verdict, Miss Bhutto accused its chief justice, Malik Qayyum, of acting at the behest of the prime minister.
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