convictions

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In mitigation, the court heard Hussain was a "devoted father" who had no similar convictions and had been working diligently in the prison library, while Wadood was not a leading figure in the enterprise.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Federal prosecutors said they have secured more than 30 convictions in this case so far.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

One of Christianity’s deepest convictions is that social standing, respectability and material recognition are not the measures of a life.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

It lists some of the more remarkable fraud convictions of the six-month period.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

In any case those were my convictions, and back in college I had taken a modest stand against the war.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien