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Under US law, a jury must unanimously believe "beyond a reasonable doubt" that someone is guilty in order to convict them of a crime.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate—67 senators—to convict in an impeachment proceeding.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s hard for a jury to convict when they feel no empathy for the victim. They dirtied up the victim and made her repugnant to the jury.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Even if the formula were adjusted, however, Cleve Arguelles of pollster WR Numero told AFP he does not believe the numbers are there to convict.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The conversations had run in a loop since that day: Would they really convict him?

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

He had been placed in Atascadero State Hospital, a maximum-security prison for mentally ill convicts located between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

"This court finds the accused guilty of all 21 charges and convicts the accused accordingly," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

In France, convicts are presumed innocent as long as an appeal is pending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

I know the convicts aren’t allowed to talk, but how could some 300 men not make more sound?

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Hashim Thaci was convicted in one of the final verdicts in a series of landmark trials arising from the bloody dissolution of the former Yugoslavia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He’d been stunned by his star’s nearly centurylong sentence and came away from a review of the case suspecting that Walters may have been wrongfully convicted.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Geraldine Hanna said crimes of the type Lucy's husband was convicted of were "devastating" and "land like a bomb" in people's lives.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Pritchard has previous convictions for harassment against another ex-husband in January 2025, and later that year was convicted of making a public nuisance or causing annoyance via a telecommunications system to a different police officer.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Scopes was convicted, and the law wasn’t overturned in Tennessee until 1967.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Hoppock worries that by moving straight to deportation proceedings, the federal government has found a way to skip prosecuting and convicting.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

It’s true that we don’t want juries convicting simply because they don’t like the defendant.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

The letter argued that the legal standard for convicting someone of a crime shouldn’t be used when deciding whether Khan should continue to serve as chief prosecutor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The judges acquitted Surinder Koli, saying courts had earlier mainly relied on his confession while convicting him, but they said they did not believe it had been voluntary.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

When Faye died, he knew instinctively that Kate was probably responsible, but he also knew he hadn’t much of any chance of convicting her, and a wise sheriff doesn’t butt his head against the impossible.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck