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Sentence first, verdict afterwards

Sentence first, verdict afterwards
"No, no," said the Queen. "Sentence first, verdict afterwards."—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

  
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