And as for the verdict: a verdict that should be one thing demonstrates exactly that it is not.

Postscript: Is the word should ever actually correct? Consider it in context.

You should be wearing shoes.

Reality indicates otherwise, because here I stand, shoeless.

The sentence may contain a cultural preference, a reasonable concern, or an invitation to avoid stepping on a nail. But it is not, technically speaking, a fact.

And that distinction matters.