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not-guilty

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If the defense had made the harm reduction argument in the context of the guilty/not-guilty question, that would be one thing.

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If the defense had made the harm reduction argument in the context of the guilty/not-guilty question, that would be one thing.

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If the defense had made the harm reduction argument in the context of the guilty/not-guilty question, that would be one thing.

2

After seven days of deliberation, the jury was not able to reach a unanimous decision, and the judge declared a mistrial; but with 10 of the 12 carefully selected jurors arguing for a not-guilty verdict, the government dropped the case.

3

It is not uncommon for someone to plead guilty by post to a speeding ticket (you can't enter a plea of not-guilty this way) and send an explanation to the court saying that in fact they did not speed, but it would cost them more in lost earnings to attend court to defend themselves than to pay the fine.

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How do you use not-guilty in a sentence?

If the defense had made the harm reduction argument in the context of the guilty/not-guilty question, that would be one thing.