conviction

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He was tried twice on federal civil-rights charges before his 2024 conviction for depriving Taylor of her rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

An appeals court eventually overturned his conviction in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Beneath the surface, selling pressure broadens and rallies lose conviction.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

They repeatedly moved to dismiss the treason count, noting that conviction required a “breach of allegiance, and can be committed by him only who owes allegiance either perpetual or temporary.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Rather than cowing the students into submission, the arrests stiffened their resolve, and they returned to the streets with renewed conviction.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman