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If millions are wagered on the belief that a defendant will be acquitted, could that make a jury more reluctant to convict?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Jurors took little more than a day to convict him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Assistant Judge Advocate General Edward Legard had told the board: "The Crown has concluded that there is insufficient evidence upon which you can safely convict Colonel Shepherd of the charge she faces."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

And though he hasn’t said anything else about the convict baseballs, I know he’s thinking about it.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

The proposal would also allow convicts to serve their terms in Kosovo, limit sentences to 15 years and clear the way for presidential pardons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“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

A South Carolina investigator has secured warrants for cybercrimes against more than two dozen convicts across at least eight Georgia prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

Nobody could believe it back in 1826: a work crew of convicts, camping on the riverbank, actually induced to build their own prison.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Even more disturbing is the possibility that one or more of the women was wrongfully convicted.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

According to the Saudi interior ministry, the two Bangladeshi nationals were convicted and sentenced to death under "tazir", which in Islamic law refers to punishments left to the discretion of the judge.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

On U.S. soil, police officers who shoot fleeing, nonthreatening suspects can be charged with and convicted of murder or other forms of criminal homicide under both state and federal law.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

We filed a case in Pennsylvania to help Trina Garnett, the girl who had been convicted for arson.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

He was found guilty of "conspiracy to commit rebellion" by the Supreme Court, which handed down the sentence at the same time as convicting him.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

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