Our own NPR's special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault has talked extensively about how the continent is not just doom and despair.

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"We've got to make a decision on precisely how we handle it, especially in light of what's occurred today, " Hunter said.

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The verdict brought an end to a messy proceeding, where the fine points of campaign-finance law were often overshadowed by witnesses crying on the stand or attorneys wrangling over how much could be said about a purloined sex tape or Ms. Hunter's menstrual cycle.

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