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The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy urged a judge Tuesday to acquit the US mother accused of murdering her three children after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the high-profile case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Defense attorney Errol Cook urged jurors to acquit his client of murder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In the end, the jury was hung—unable to break an impasse with a single juror who wanted to acquit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He maintained that he was suffering from mental illness at the time of the attack and was unable to form the intent to kill, urging the court to acquit him on the grounds of insanity.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

In public, Katherine Goble was unfailingly gracious, optimistic, and unflappable, and she insisted that her girls acquit themselves in the same fashion.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Apa acquits himself quite well as Wes, displaying a tough exterior getting into verbal and physical fights, but also his sensitive side as he comes to realize who and what he cares about.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024

Typically, a jury acquits because the prosecution has failed to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024

She acquits herself well, telling a story of persistence and courage that's laced with dry self-awareness and humour.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2023

Osborne acquits himself well on the court, demonstrating skills he learned while playing basketball in college and professionally in Australia.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

Death acquits him from law by taking him out of the region where it applies.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

But on July 8, 2022, the jury acquitted me on four counts and convicted me on two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Wrapping up his defence, he rejected the charges against him and asked to be acquitted and released.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The accused cannot be convicted but they can be acquitted if the jury decide they didn't commit the acts alleged.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A Malaysian teenage boy charged with the high-profile murder of a female schoolmate has been acquitted, with the judge finding the boy was mentally unsound during the incident.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Yet he acquitted himself well, unhorsing Horas Redwyne in his first joust and one of the Freys in his second.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Middleton was reportedly one of several senators considering voting to convict Paxton, although he ultimately joined the majority in acquitting him.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

Garcia's opportunities have been limited this season despite acquitting himself well in the United States and he proved himself again.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

Anyway, the jury came back with a verdict of not guilty, acquitting Sandwich Guy of all charges.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025

A panel of 12 jurors deliberated for 13 hours before acquitting Combs of three of the most serious five charges he was facing.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

In this article Zola denounced the guilty machinations of Dreyfus's adversaries seriatim, blamed the Dreyfus court-martial for convicting on secret evidence and the Esterhazy court for acquitting a guilty man in obedience to orders.

From A History of the Third French Republic by C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad) Wright