時制の一致とverdictの使い方

　以下は急転直下のﾄﾗﾝﾌﾟ氏有罪判決の裁判所内のレポートですが、時制とverdictの使い方の疑問を教えて下さい。
I mean, it was — we were all expecting that we were going to go home for the day.
The judge had just been in the courtroom saying the jury asked to be done for the
has justではないですか　　　　　　　　　　　　　had asked ではないですか
day. They were going to go at 4:30 and be dismissed. And then, minutes later, he
came back in and said, actually, the jury has just passed me a note saying they have received a verdict.
decided a verdictではないですか