convict

Example Sentences

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Fifty-seven people have already been convicted in the scheme to divert $300 million in public grants intended to distribute free meals to children -- but the meals never existed, prosecutors said.

From Barron's

In 2021 he was convicted of "spreading fake news" for sharing a Facebook post about torture, in a trial that was widely condemned as unfair by human rights groups.

From BBC

Over the past year, prosecutors in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina have charged four of the 37 with crimes for which they have already been convicted.

From Salon

The ruling irons out recent judicial efforts to protect California convicts from what Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu called “cascading consequences” of administrative debt.

From Los Angeles Times

She is being held on $2-million bail and faces life in prison if convicted.

From Los Angeles Times