Sentence:  Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The <WSD>hearing</WSD> will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.