acquitted

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He should face charges (and be acquitted or given a very light sentence due to mitigating circumstances).

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Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.

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adjective

Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.

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adjective

Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.

Example sentences

He should face charges (and be acquitted or given a very light sentence due to mitigating circumstances).

Other than the second-rate satisfaction when an OJ Simpson gets sued after being acquitted of criminal charges.

Ah, so it's just like how someone could be acquitted of murder, but still face a civil wrongful death suit?

He was convicted in federal court in 2010, but acquitted by an appellate court in 2012.

The federal law he was acquitted under was amended to make what he did illegal.

A New York state court jury in Manhattan on Friday convicted Sergey Aleynikov on one count and acquitted him on another.

Municipal Judge Felice Stack acquitted Vanderklok of all charges within minutes of hearing Kieser's testimony.

Regarding the 2009 incident at ABQ: I was acquitted of all criminal charges by a jury in 2011.

OJ was acquitted, after all, and many, many people are wrongfully found guilty.

I'm not sure if you did that purposefully, but perhaps you think there are other reasons why he was acquitted.

An earlier version of this story misstated that the jury acquitted Mr.

Plea bargains are sometimes useful to prosecutors, allowing them to serve justice at times when there is real risk that a criminal would be acquitted.

Quote examples

That's like saying "a judge acquitted him" without considering the efforts of the defence.

Then he got acquitted on what was if you want to a "legal loophole", but still (and even that only happened a few steps up on the jurisdictional ladder, even though the law clearly didn't apply to him).

> Everyone, call on Pasco to fire and prosecute the killer thugs > "Flood Wall Street" protesters have been acquitted of charges; the thugs' order for them to disperse was ruled unconstitutional.

The law made "organized discussion" about breaking copy protection illegal so they also created a website with the title "organized discussion" and displayed code for breaking the protection and someone also paid 5 cents for it after which they turned themselves in:) Apparently the lower courts acquitted them but that was reversed and the supreme court didn't take the case.