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Federal agents have legal protections that can make it challenging to convict them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

Even if the formula were adjusted, however, Cleve Arguelles of pollster WR Numero told AFP he does not believe the numbers are there to convict.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

“Lookee here!” said my convict to the sergeant.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

Relatives of the inmates’ victims are divided over altering regulations to ensure the convicts go to Florence, rather than to the mainline prisons their disciplinary records called for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

In some ways, these convicts were the most frightening to contemplate, for they demonstrated that badness could take hold of anyone.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

His guilt and the evidence on which he was convicted have been questioned over the years - namely after witnesses recanted their statements and another inmate later confessed to the murder.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Reiner has pleaded not guilty to the stabbings and remains legally innocent unless he changes his plea or is convicted by a jury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Justice Department will file two felony charges against Melissa Farris, which carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

UK media have reported that the probe concerns non-declared financial support from longtime Farage ally and convicted fraudster George Cottrell and his mother.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Homer Plessy was arrested and convicted of violating the Separate Car Act in Louisiana.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

The letter argued that the legal standard for convicting someone of a crime shouldn’t be used when deciding whether Khan should continue to serve as chief prosecutor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Jurors deliberated for a little under an hour before convicting Byers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

This was the first evidence we presented that suggested that people in law enforcement had been so focused on convicting Walter that they were prepared to ignore or even hide evidence that contradicted their case.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson