convict

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The offence, essentially an allegation of corruption, is one of the most difficult crimes to investigate, charge, prosecute and convict.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

In “Iron Lung” Fischbach plays a convict forced into a mission on an alien moon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

"These false confessions are routinely used as the sole evidence to convict, including in capital cases where the death penalty may be imposed," it added.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Even as convict leasing faded away, strategic forms of exploitation and repression emerged anew.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander