conviction
Example Sentences
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No cases have ended in a conviction at trial.
From Los Angeles Times
After his conviction, the family court judge ruled that the couple's children would be able to visit their dad in prison after he began his sentence.
From BBC
Yet he acquired a reputation as a dandy, a clever humorist and an intellectual showman, distinctly apolitical and seemingly a man of no convictions.
From Los Angeles Times
Call that what it is: a defensive maneuver, not conviction.
But pardons before convictions have been granted only once in Israel’s history.
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