acquitted
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In eight instances, juries acquitted defendants at trial.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Tucker and a handful of associates were acquitted, but in the end the company produced only 51 vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Mulakhil faced trial alongside Mohammad Kabir, also an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who was acquitted of all charges.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Rocky denied all wrongdoing and jumped into a courtroom gallery to hug Rihanna when he was acquitted in February 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
He was repeatedly acquitted, so Parker had no hesitation about putting his name into the pool when, late in 1864, the Metropolitan Police Department began providing White House bodyguards.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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