The trial is focused on sample charges relating to just over a quarter of the money that allegedly disappeared.

BBC: Asil Nadir

The seven-month trial, which ended on Wednesday, saw Nadir convicted of 10 of the sample charges he faced and acquitted of three.

BBC: Asil Nadir jailed for 10 years for Polly Peck thefts

Two years ago Pfizer reported that six patients in its trial--all former smokers--got lung cancer after using Exubera, though the sample was too small to prove it caused the cancer.

FORBES: Focus

Second, a similar assessment should be done using U.S. federal legal cases (this study looks only at cases from courts in the the 50 states) as the study sample, using either the Google Scholar small sample of Appellate Court cases, or a larger one including a broader set of Trial Court cases that did not reach Appellate Courts.

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