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Sian Hewitt

What does a ‘not proven’ verdict in Scottish court cases mean?

Scotland’s not proven verdict could be scrapped as part of a reform of the nation’s justice system.

The verdict is one of three verdicts in Scottish courts that can be returned by juries in a trial, alongside guilty and not guilty.

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