Acquit used in a sentence

Acquit in a sentence as a verb

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit.

"If the glove does not fit, you must acquit".People have different sized hands - there's no such thing as a perfect sized phone.

Bogus convictions won't be as frequent as bogus acquittals, but there will be some.

"You 'liked' that baby video, you might also enjoy voting to convict/acquit in this case..."

Yes, if jurors feel that way about tax laws - then yes - acquit the defendant and possibly start changing tax law.

Obviously you can't vote to acquit when evidence is withheld at trial... how would you know?So vote to acquit for all crimes.

Imagine if every time you held up a banner you could get arrested for harassement, it took a court case to acquit you.

Indeed, the notion of a compromise between conviction and acquittal is a dagger at the heart of justice.

The difference is that in a criminal trial, if the evidence is not that clear cut then the decision is easy: acquit.

' It's a an empty rhetorical argument, but no more so than 'My client has the face of a baby, look how sweet and innocent he is - you must acquit!'.

It would sure be interesting to see if this location data can be used as exculpatory evidence to acquit somebody, or if it would even be available.

It seems to me that selective enforcement, if present at all, should work the other way around: occasionally choosing to acquit, rather than occasionally choosing to enforce.

But if that hypothetical law were passed by Congress, people sued under that law would argue that the law was unconstitutional, and any competent court would agree, acquit the person, and strike down the law.

In addition, circumstantial evidence is extremely useful to acquit, because although proof that you could have committed the crime doesn't prove that you did, proof that you could not have committed the crime does prove that you didn't.

Here's the Fourth Circuit from 1969:"We recognize, as appellants urge, the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by the judge, and contrary to the evidence.

Remember that jury nullification was often used to acquit whites of killing blacks in a time and place when killing a given black could often have been seen as something akin to shooting a raccoon or other vermin.

If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic or passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.