convictions

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Despite his convictions, the court received letters of support for Khan from his family and some members of the community ahead of sentencing.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

"The authorities should promptly quash these latest convictions and sentences, and unconditionally release Kem Sokha and all others arbitrarily detained for exercising their rights," said Laurence.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

One of his federal public defenders stressed that Allen was presumed innocent and said he had no prior arrests or convictions on his record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The Santa Ana Police Department has offered its own reward in that amount for information leading to arrests and convictions in the unsolved crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Once again, the war years shaped and hardened his convictions on this score, though the basic attitudes on which they rested were in place long before he assumed command of the Continental Army.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis