convict
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Critics say the court has focused too heavily on war crimes committed in Africa and failed to convict major political leaders.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Although a criminal court failed to convict the players, they were banned from Major League Baseball for life.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The pictures he took were used in court as evidence and helped convict the company as well as accelerate environmental awareness globally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Federal agents have legal protections that can make it challenging to convict them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Lookee here!” said my convict to the sergeant.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
The decision does not go as far as the bill Newsom vetoed but does extend more latitude to poor convicts to avoid or challenge fees and fines imposed by the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
"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
Jews have been in Australia for centuries and some even arrived as convicts with other Europeans in 1788.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Remember the cocky Gines de Pasamonte, one of the convicts freed by Don Quixote?
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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The majority of Allen's recent movies have been recorded in Europe after scandals left him ostracised in Hollywood, though he has never been convicted of any crime.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Nguyen faces up to a year in county jail if convicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Our man was released after 16 months in a trade for Germany’s release of a convicted Russian assassin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
She said the accusations were the “ravings of a convicted felon” and that her office was never contacted by the FBI about the matter.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
In the state system, less than 3 percent of new court commitments to state prison typically involve people convicted of homicide.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
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