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Introduced nearly 11 years ago to enhance transparency, VVPATs back in focus after SC verdict

Supreme Court's decision on EVM-VVPAT verification highlighted the importance of transparency in elections. The ruling focused on the use of VVPAT machines and storage protocols for EVMs and VVPAT slips post-elections, ensuring integrity and accountability in the electoral process.

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How EVMs Have Evolved Despite Controversies

The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) has always been mired in controversies-with debates heating up around the time of elections. Unfortunately, S. Rangarajan, the man who designed the EVM, is no longer here to defend the device.

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Verdict hearing set in Padgett cold case murder trial

The verdict hearing is set in the case of Curtis Padgett.Padgett was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in March 2023 for the alleged killing of Denn

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

>> this is a giant witch hunt. >> reporter: mr. trump is required to be in court every weekday except wednesdays, when court is not in session, limiting his ability to campaign. >> i'm supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but i've been here all day. >> reporter: his north carolina rally canceled on saturday due to weather. >> i'm more devastated that this could happen. >> reporter: meanwhile, president biden trimmed mr. trump's lead in our new nbc news poll. trump leading biden by just two points in a head-to-head matchup, down from five points. but with third-party candidates in the mix, biden leads trump by two points. >> yasmin is joining us from outside court. yasmin, if this is just the start for this trial, when might we see a verdict? >> reporter: the trial could take four to six weeks, hallie. if he is found guilty, he's facing up to four years in prison. hallie. >> yasmin vossoughian live for us in new york. to breaking news out of michigan with a community in shock and in grief tonight after

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The Big Weekend Show

heavy left, challenges that prosecution has in making the witnesses seem credible. >> yeah, and they write the headline, they can't support it in the story or the facts, there are two verdicts here, i have read michael goodwin for years, he is pretty measured and leveled. there is you public verdict, they are the people going to the polls. this is an attempt to make a federal charge that was projected by the federal agency, federal election commission into a state level change, and americans get that. the public verdict, i think will be more dodgerring. -- more damaging, while in new york, trump should barnstorm new york city, he was new york city before anyone, alvin braggs or p

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The Big Weekend Show

heavy left, challenges that prosecution has in making the witnesses seem credible. >> yeah, and they write the headline, they can't support it in the story or the facts, there are two verdicts here, i have read michael goodwin for years, he is pretty measured and leveled. there is you public verdict, they are the people going to the polls. this is an attempt to make a federal charge that was projected by the federal agency, federal election commission into a state level change, and americans get that. the public verdict, i think will be more dodgerring. -- more damaging, while in new york, trump should barnstorm new york city, he was new york city before anyone, alvin braggs or pa

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Dateline

>> why did you kill him i said, was he touching the little girl and he was like no, no. wasn't touching her. i said okay well, was he beating her? no he said no, he wasn't. i said well why did you kill her? and he said -- just want to go away. >> as a result of his testimony, rod, who was a meth addict, avoided prison time and enrolled in a drug rehab program. he insisted he did not come forward for a deal but because he believed his murder was wrong. >> they killed him because he was a good father. that's why they killed this guy, because he was a good dad. >> it took the jury a little over six hours to reach a verdict. >> guilty. it was just instant relief. >> that this man was in -- not going to get to walk freely, you know?

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FOX News Sunday

like seeing lawyers on juries precisely because they are independent thinkers who often think they know better than a prosecutors they can be a bit of a wild card for the come to jurr jury service with a lot of legal education. you never know it was on the jury room. having chosen juries, having tried cases in front of juries lawyers are going to spend the next six week trying to read the tea leaves watch the jury's reaction to the witness testimonies it comes in. no one is ever going to show the jurors are truly thinking until this time to deliberate and render a verdict the fact there will be lawyers participating in deliberations and rendering the verdict definitely a plus for the defense. quest for the few times tom and i disagree. i have long opposed lawyers being allowed on juries this case it could be highly damaging because the medics are still debating what this indictment means we are not convinced or certain what the crime as that was the motivation of the alleged what was a misdemeanor under state law. to have lawyers and there they y

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Dateline

listened to brian winchester describe how he had shot and killed her husband, the man she supposedly loved and cherished , absolute stone face. didn't bat an eye. did not shed a tear. >> with that, the jury had the case. remember, a point easy to lose sight of that it was denise on trial for murder. did you feel good about things? >> i was feeling pretty confident. i was not 100% sure. we didn't have a slam dunk case. >> there is no evidence or proof. she did nothing wrong. >> she has the story told by the ex-husband. >> exactly. >> about eight hours into deliberation, a verdict. cheryl waited 18 years for this moment. >> the state of florida versus denise williams. >> cheryl's jaw dropped when

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Dateline

all i wanted forever was just to get justice for her. >> but they were angry. they didn't believe isaiah should've been convicted of the most serious charge against him, murder. you were in the courtroom for the verdict? >> yes. >> what is that like for you two? >> i was in disbelief and devastated. >> how did we get here. how did we get here? i know it's not right. i know this is not right. >> their pain was compounded when isaiah was sentenced to 60 years in prison. on appeal, the court ruled three of his four convictions relied on the same evidence in what amounted to double jeopardy. his robbery conviction was reduced to theft, a misdemeanor, and one of the two murder convictions was thrown out.

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