Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...observers go even further. They question whether Calley can get a fair trial in any court of law-military or civilian. Where, they ask, is the potential juror who has not heard or read some account of events in My Lai on March 16, 1968, that would affect his verdict? President Nixon himself may have influenced the trial when he asserted at his press conference this month that civilians were killed in the village. "There is not anybody in this country," insists Calley's civilian attorney, George Latimer, "who does not think that the My Lai incident is abhorrent...
...jury of eleven men and one woman deliberated a little more than an hour yesterday afternoon before returning its verdict...
...argued at the trial, his threats and gestures amounted to an assault. Moreover, since Nosis knew about Ripple's heart condition, he could have reasonably anticipated that the threats were likely to result in death. Nosis was found guilty, and the Ohio Supreme Court has just upheld that verdict by refusing to review his appeal...
After the verdict, Justice Robert Sullivan, who presided over the three-day trial, indicated that he would not allow the Commonwealth to continue the prosecution of more than 100 other cases arising from the demonstration...
Defense lawyers will call their last witness this morning, and expect the jury to reach verdict this afternoon...