overturned
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His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The attack immediately overturned life for both Ms. Eubanks and her partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Amicus bonus episode revisits a 2021 conversation among Dahlia Lithwick, Judge Edward M. Chen, and Don Tamaki, members of the legal team that overturned Korematsu v.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
She was sentenced to life in prison, but now she's back in court this week trying to get her conviction overturned.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Through what Kaz now understood had been an observation window, he saw another city guard standing in front of an empty table and two overturned chairs.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
