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
Arthur Andersen surrendered its CPA license, effectively putting the firm out of business in 2002, although the Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Just before dawn we find two overturned carts in the road, grains of wheat spilled everywhere and a few empty baskets rolled on their sides across the road.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
