convict

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There are signs that the charges won’t stick: A Georgia judge released Moore on a $1 bond on the murder charge because he was so unconvinced that a jury would convict her.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

According to Boylan’s federal appeals team, the term “misconduct” permitted the jury to convict him of something less than gross negligence, contrary to the required standard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Iron Lung is based on a game of the same name, created by David Szymanski, which follows a lone convict called Simon, played by Fischbach.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Yet in 2014 he helped to convict former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell for alleged corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

When I was a foul, vicious convict, so evil that other convicts had called me Satan, this man had rescued me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey