convicted

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No-one has ever been convicted of carrying out the six killings inside and outside the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the historically Jewish Marais quarter of Paris, in which more than 20 other people were wounded.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“The consequences of being accused and possibly convicted of a federal offense are devastating, especially when people have not engaged in criminal conduct from any reasonable person’s perspective.”

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Addiewell, the only privately run jail in Scotland, can hold just short of 800 prisoners and accommodates convicted adult male prisoners and men on remand.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

There have been some successful prosecutions: 32 of the 116 people whose arrests in California we reviewed have been convicted, many pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

She hoped he had not been convicted as a thief and transported to Australia over that silly velocipede.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood