conviction
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A California Court of Appeals upheld her conviction, and she has appealed to the state Supreme Court.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
A "pardon after completion of sentence" would mean that Bankman-Fried's conviction on various counts of fraud would be forgiven after he serves his jail sentence.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
During lunch, Walker lauded Epstein as the man who put her on the path to medicine, he said, and played down his 2008 conviction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"An era comes to an end with her passing. I feel, like so many French people, a deep nostalgia," said Sarkozy, who last year was briefly jailed over a graft conviction.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Both had trouble generating conviction of their own but no trouble at all reacting to what they viewed as the false conviction of others.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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