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Jurors were then sent out to consider their verdicts on Thursday afternoon and have now been deliberating for about seven hours.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

A jury in the trial of four pro-Palestine protesters who denied causing criminal damage to a factory in the West Midlands has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

She denied all the charges against her but her defence counsel said she now "respects those verdicts".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

When the “not guilty” verdicts were announced, she fainted and had to receive medical attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A two-week federal trial in Meridian, Mississippi, resulted in seven guilty verdicts and sentences ranging from three to ten years.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry