convicted
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There have been some successful prosecutions: 32 of the 116 people whose arrests in California we reviewed have been convicted, many pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Former friends Graham and Carruthers were convicted of criminal damage to the much-loved tree, which had stood for more than 100 years in a dip in the Northumberland landscape.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Williams's business employs about 30 people, and his wife took over his licence a day after he was convicted and at the start of the Cheltenham Festival.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Fernando Melo Flores, 40, faces up to four years and two months in prison if convicted on all counts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Several people had suggested that Tom Chapman, the new Monroe County district attorney and a former criminal defense attorney, would be fairer and more sympathetic to someone wrongly convicted than lifelong prosecutor Ted Pearson.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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