acquit
Example Sentences
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Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters.
He has defended Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and most recently Karen Read, who was acquitted in June in a case that drew national attention involving the death of her police-officer boyfriend.
Double jeopardy rules allow for cases where a person has already been acquitted to be re-tried in exceptional circumstances where new and compelling evidence has come to light.
From BBC
Another man had also accused Harris of indecent assault, but this charge was among those he was acquitted of.
From BBC
Research by the Free Speech Union in Britain indicates that defendants in speech cases are twice as likely to be acquitted by a jury as by a judge.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
