Acquittal
in example sentence
Trump’s
acquittal
will further dent people’s remaining confidence in how US foreign policy is conducted, but it won’t change many minds about the president himself.
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Like an indictment in criminal court, it's only the formal accusation that launches a trial, which could end in conviction or
acquittal.
Prominent attorney Walter Pidgeon takes a murder case pro bono, wins an
acquittal
and discovers that his client (Keefe Braselle) was not only guilty but part of an extortion ring reaching to the highest eschelons of the city.
He didn't think it even worth mentioning, much less emphasizing, that Mr. Williams was subjected to FOUR trials, finally achieving an
acquittal
not in Savannah, where the case and the players were notorious, but upon a change of venue to Augusta, where no one cared.
This film has a very open ending - just as in the true case upon which the film is based you don't know whether or not Madeleine killed her lover, as the jury renders a uniquely Scottish verdict of "not proved" which splits the difference between outright
acquittal
and conviction.
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