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Whether a major technology company built its rise through criminal conduct is the question now before a Brooklyn jury.
A jury trial is the proceeding where civilian jurors, not a judge, hear evidence and deliver a verdict.
Five years after its finance chief, Meng Wanzhou, was released from detention in Canada, the company itself goes on trial. In plain terms: when an individual faces a criminal trial, the verdict attaches to that person.
When a company is the defendant, the verdict attaches to the corporate entity. Meng Wanzhou was Huawei's finance chief during her detention in Canada. Her release came five years ago.
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