conviction
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But it is also a revolutionary state, sustained since 1979 by ideological conviction as much as calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He became “the first person executed in the United States for a conviction based on the DNA-matching technology popularly known as genetic fingerprinting.”
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
The elder Kushner spent nearly two years in custody following a federal tax fraud conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Service Prosecuting Authority advised there was a realistic prospect of conviction for battery if charges were made within a time limit of six months.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the end, Marcus’s conviction was overturned, and that other man ended up being found guilty of the crime.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
In December 2025, senior judges in the Court of Appeal ruled those convictions were unsafe.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
DNA is now a gold standard, used to expose false convictions.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fraud convictions could sink the antiracism nonprofit, known for its courtroom wins against the Klan decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
This led to a deeper look into other factors contributing to wrongful convictions, including prosecutorial misconduct and mistaken eyewitness identifications, especially those made by witnesses with different racial backgrounds from the suspects.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
As the war raged, one thing was increasingly clear: Washington was rethinking his convictions about slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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