convict

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According to Boylan’s federal appeals team, the term “misconduct” permitted the jury to convict him of something less than gross negligence, contrary to the required standard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

"It's very difficult to convict someone of a crime when you don't really know what happened," Tagliapietra said.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Still, the government’s case was enough to convince a jury to convict Hernández after just over eight hours of deliberations, and in June 2024 he was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Jurors did convict him of a lesser charge of lying to investigators when, in a 2020 interview with the Fed’s internal-watchdog office, he denied sharing sensitive information outside the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

What would happen when he told the Dursleys he was going to live with the convict they’d seen on television...!

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling