convict

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There are signs that the charges won’t stick: A Georgia judge released Moore on a $1 bond on the murder charge because he was so unconvinced that a jury would convict her.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Cue the “Perry Mason” theme, except this jury voted to convict.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

His evidence concerning me in particular made me realize that the state would certainly be able to convict me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela