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Cautions are offered by police if they have enough evidence to convict and the person involved has admitted their part in a crime.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Reddington suggested that the holdout juror did acknowledge doubt, but still wanted to convict anyway.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Federal agents have legal protections that can make it challenging to convict them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“It’s hard for a jury to convict when they feel no empathy for the victim. They dirtied up the victim and made her repugnant to the jury.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“If she’s still in bed tomorrow, I’ll bring home convict cooking. I promise,” he says.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

“Sorcerer” is about a group of fugitives driving a load of dynamite across the jungle; “The Weight” follows a group of Depression-era convicts transferring gold through the forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

"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

That compels convicts to start serving prison terms and other penalties before the appeals process has been exhausted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

“The convicts wash my shirts, as in murderer convicts and kidnapper convicts, and then I’m supposed to wear them?”

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Pinto has described himself as a whistleblower, but was convicted in Portugal of offences including illegal access to data and attempted extortion and given a four-year suspended sentence.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But on July 8, 2022, the jury acquitted me on four counts and convicted me on two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A Scottish Sikh activist has been released from prison in India after being detained for almost nine years without being convicted.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Shipp was convicted and received a life sentence, while Peterson pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and testified against the other two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then the convicted assassin chanted verses he had composed a few hours before.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Prosecutors used the recording as crucial evidence in convicting her.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

State officials rarely prosecute federal agents for actions related to their official duties because the agents have legal protections that can make convicting them difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

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

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