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convict

[kuhn-vikt, kon-vikt] / kənˈvɪkt, ˈkɒn vɪkt /




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However, he emphasised that, because of the "calibre of some of the people who've raised concerns", it is "important" that the evidence used to convict Letby is being examined by the CCRC.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The pictures he took were used in court as evidence and helped convict the company as well as accelerate environmental awareness globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

In Spencer’s case, Burton processed the biological evidence used to convict him and testified as a forensic analyst during his trials.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

“It’s hard for a jury to convict when they feel no empathy for the victim. They dirtied up the victim and made her repugnant to the jury.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“She was telling me about those convict baseballs.”

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Amziah knows everyone in the county, welcomes convicts and immigrants to stay on his property, and once raised foster children, until his wife died.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He had been placed in Atascadero State Hospital, a maximum-security prison for mentally ill convicts located between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

"This court finds the accused guilty of all 21 charges and convicts the accused accordingly," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

None of the convicts managed to get away.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

He was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Shipp was convicted and received a life sentence, while Peterson pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and testified against the other two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A South Korean court has handed a suspended one-year prison sentence to K-pop singer Song Min-ho after he was convicted of violating the country's military service law.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted executions in the state after a woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection before she was rushed to hospital for medical care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I mean...he was convicted for a bunch of thefts, right?”

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Prosecutors used the recording as crucial evidence in convicting her.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

State officials rarely prosecute federal agents for actions related to their official duties because the agents have legal protections that can make convicting them difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Hoppock worries that by moving straight to deportation proceedings, the federal government has found a way to skip prosecuting and convicting.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

It’s true that we don’t want juries convicting simply because they don’t like the defendant.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

When Faye died, he knew instinctively that Kate was probably responsible, but he also knew he hadn’t much of any chance of convicting her, and a wise sheriff doesn’t butt his head against the impossible.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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