Question 20: Fill in blank (v) with the most fitting response from th…

Study the conversation given below and answer the subquestions that follow by filling in the blanks with the most contextually appropriate expressions.
Judge: Mr. Foreperson, is it correct that the jury has reached a verdict?
Foreperson: (i) _____
Judge: Will the Clerk of the Court please take the verdict? (ii) _____
Clerk: As to G.S.15A-2000 murder in the first degree, what is the jury’s verdict?
Foreperson (reads): We, the jury, find the defendant, Catherine Danielle Clark, not guilty of first- degree murder of Mr. Chase Andrews.
Clerk: Members of the jury, your foreperson has announced the following verdict:
G.S.15A-2000, murder in the first degree, not guilty. (iii) _____
Jurors (collectively): Yes
Judge: If anyone said no, please raise your hand.
(Nobody raises their hand.)
Judge: Do you wish the jury to be polled?
(No party makes an application for a poll.)
Judge: (iv) _____ Ms. Clark, you are free to go, and I apologize on behalf of the State for the time that you have served. The jury is hereby discharged from the case. (v) _____

Fill in blank (v) with the most fitting response from the options given below. Keep in mind the setting, the tone and the subject of the conversation, and the capacities within which the speakers are interacting.