acquitted

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Mulakhil faced trial alongside Mohammad Kabir, also an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who was acquitted of all charges.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

As sometimes destructive protests broke out after police were acquitted, King made his celebrated plea, “Can we all get along?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Following his trial in 2001 at Norwich Crown Court, he was acquitted by the jury.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Jurors had a good laugh, Dunn recalled, and acquitted him, but the case was costly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

That’s what the jury in the Diallo trial concluded, and Boss, Carroll, McMellon, and Murphy were all acquitted of murder charges.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell