convictions

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But the Supreme Court left that question unanswered, and prosecutors doubted they could secure murder convictions against Law, Currie said, stressing he will still be given a significant sentence.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

On Friday, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel decided Hopper's fitness to practise had been impaired in relation to his convictions and sanctioned him to removal from the medical register.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Those convictions inform every exchange that Valentina has with El Pasoans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But the people showing up at county council meetings to protest the construction of a data center didn’t for the most part come by their convictions the old-fashioned way, by reading and thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In other words, if he did not answer Burr’s challenge, he would be repudiating his well-known convictions, and in so doing, he would lose the respect of those political colleagues on whom his reputation depended.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis