acquitted
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“Both have really acquitted themselves well, and the next piece is in the games and how they play,” coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Both have really acquitted themselves well,” Harbaugh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Knox and Sollecito spent nearly four years in prison during the initial investigation and murder trial before the two were freed by an appeals court and then ultimately acquitted by Italy’s highest court in 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Knox was convicted and later acquitted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
We were promptly acquitted and I saw firsthand that justice was not at all blind.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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