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Acquittal in sentence

57 examples of Acquittal in a sentence

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.
In the one or two cases of acquittal, another charge is filed and a conviction obtained.
The only two presidential precedents (Andrew Johnson, impeached in 1868 for abuse of power, and Bill Clinton, impeached in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice) are hardly encouraging: both ended in acquittal by the Senate.
The acquittal was based largely on the absence of credible forensic evidence linking Knox to the crime.
In Italy, the acquittal triggered a wave of self-recrimination.
Narrative Power in TurkeyISTANBUL – At the end of March, a retrial finally resulted in the acquittal of more than 200 Turkish military officers who had been convicted of plotting a coup in 2003 against the then-newly elected Islamist government.
The acquittal by a US military court of two American soldiers who accidentally killed two Korean schoolgirls with their armored car last June triggered street demonstrations across the country.
This was not just any acquittal.
Moreover, immediately after his acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate in a sham impeachment trial in which no witnesses were called, Trump fired those who had testified in the House of Representatives about his efforts to coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate a political rival.
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.
Following Trump’s acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges and a State of the Union address in which he could tout America’s strengths – first and foremost, the economy – the president’s approval rating, at 49%, is the highest since he took office.
The acquittal may offer merely a transitory bump, and his approval rating should be much higher than it is, given the state of the economy.
Gbagbo’s acquittal was preceded by another major setback for the prosecution at the ICC.
Gbagbo’s recent acquittal by the International Criminal Court, together with the collapse of the country’s ruling coalition, compound the difficulty of ensuring continued democratic consolidation.
The pardon is critical to avoid any appeal or, worse, acquittal – an outcome that would expose the government’s deceit and force it to reinstate the CNRP.
Fouque saw a hope of saving his friend, and on leaving his presence, bowing to the ground, begged the Vicar-General to expend upon masses, to pray for the acquittal of the prisoner, a sum of ten louis.
Almost invariably I should have a majority, more than that, even for a verdict of guilty; you see, Mademoiselle, with what ease I can secure an acquittal ..."The abbe broke off suddenly, as though startled by the sound of his words; he was admitting things which are never uttered to the profane.
Did I not secure the acquittal of the cure N---- ?'
I desire but one thing in the world, and that passionately, namely his acquittal.
This Prelate, who controlled the Church in France and appointed Bishops, deigned to ask for the acquittal of Julien.
The painter had pulled his seat closer to the bed and continued in a subdued voice: "I forgot to ask you; what sort of acquittal is it you want?
There are three possibilities; absolute acquittal, apparent acquittal and deferment.
Absolute acquittal is the best, of course, only there's nothing I could do to get that sort of outcome.
I don't think there's anyone at all who could do anything to get an absolute acquittal.
Moreover, you said earlier that the judges can be influenced personally but now you insist that an absolute acquittal, as you call it, can never be attained through personal influence.
When I was a boy I used to listen closely to my father when he told us about court cases at home, and the judges that came to his studio talked about the court, in our circles nobody talks about anything else; I hardly ever got the chance to go to court myself but always made use of it when I could, I've listened to countless trials at important stages in their development, I've followed them closely as far as they could be followed, and I have to say that I've never seen a single acquittal."
Not a single acquittal," said K., as if talking to himself and his hopes.
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