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       The Verdict : The Reason In A Nutshell
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: August 7, 2025, 6:36 am
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       I couldn't figure out a proper place to put this...so this will
       have to do.
       Ever since the verdict was read on July 3, 1891....a good number
       of people,  particularly court reporters for the various
       newspapers in New York City,
       and "Monday-morning quarterbacks" criticized the verdict
       rendered in the Ali Trial.
       If they believed he was innocent due to reasonable doubt having
       been established, they clamored for his freedom.
       On the other hand, if they felt that in light of the guilty
       verdict for murder, he should have been sentenced to death if he
       was guilty in the first place.
       You can't satisfy people like this. The people in Ali's corner,
       one would think, would have been happy that he was spared the
       electric chair....
       but that's not what happened....and we see references to how the
       jury rendered its verdict appear in print for many years
       afterward.
       Some questioned the 'New York justice' dispensed in the
       verdict...that it was either guilty and a death sentence...or
       not guilty at all.
       It is somewhat astounding that the court reporters, above all
       other scribes...fairly well-versed in how trials and verdicts
       go...would not have accepted
       the verdict and above all, understood the reasoning behind the
       verdict, since it happened with regularity in capital cases that
       they'd covered before the Ali trial.
       Anyway......this explains the verdict in a nutshell.
       Since premeditation was not proven, the only course for the jury
       to follow was for a second-degree sentence.
       New York Sun
       February 5, 1888
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       A "Monday morning quarterback" is someone who offers advice or
       criticism about a past event, especially a sports game, after it
       has already happened. This person analyzes the situation with
       the benefit of hindsight, pointing out what should have been
       done differently, but without having been involved in the actual
       decision-making process. The term is often used negatively,
       implying that the advice is easy to give after the fact and
       doesn't offer real value.
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