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With weak evidence against the three, the men might have been acquitted and then sued the state for wrongful incarceration.

"I confidently expected that he would be acquitted, but since he hasn't --" he shook his head significantly.

Most of the rebels acquitted themselves nicely, and even though the group was slaughtered, Vargas considers it a moral victory.

The defendant was finally acquitted after a 10-day trial as the Court accepted that he did not act with wilful intent to evade tax.

Been acquitted of any criminal offence or other offence on the grounds of mental illness , insanity or unsoundness of mind ?

Juventus were acquitted of any wrong doing - that says it all. The facts do not exist.

Often cases do not come to trial or the accused are acquitted after spending up to a year in detention.

He had done so in a previous trial arising out of the collapse of Madison Guaranty in 1990, and he had been acquitted.

It seems to have assumed that the generals would get short sentences or even be acquitted.

Tea around, chatted old, humor, funny, relaxed the moment, entertainment in its own harvest, irrigation acquitted.

Jeff also felt as if he needed to be acquitted of some crime .

As they leave the courthouse, a lawyer turns to his grim-looking client and says, "Janez, what's wrong? You were acquitted. "

As Mr Graebner puts it, it is possible that in a different decade Ms Hearst might well have been acquitted.

Charges of corruption against him have been dismissed on a legal technicality but he has never been acquitted of them.

In at least fivecontroversial cases, men have been acquitted of sexual assault byarguing that they were asleep during the attack.

She was acquitted, but the adultery charge was reviewed and the death penalty handed down on the basis of "judge's knowledge" .

Would fellow policemen have rallied around Mr Kurras, who was twice acquitted of manslaughter, had they known him to be a communist spy?

Although the majority of lawyers prosecuted have been acquitted, the long, demeaning process of investigation is severe punishment.

You see, in the matter of unity the youth of Yenan have acquitted themselves well, indeed very well.

The rich and powerful can often hire "good" lawyers to get them acquitted of crime or injustice, or at least sentences reduced.

He was acquitted on a fourth charge that he downloaded aerial photographs from the internet of he military bases as part of his preparation.

The judge told the prisoner that the jury had acquitted him on the charge of bigamy.

he is acquitted of an offence with which he has been charged, at trial or on appeal; or.

Two people were acquitted of all charges, and a jury was unable to reach a verdict against several others.

He acquitted himself well in a discipline where he has no natural skill or particular charisma.

Yet the men were acquitted after a two-hour trial in which the court barred American military officials from testifying.

But legal experts here say DSK is likely to be acquitted now that his accuser has been exposed as a liar and fraudster.

Smith was accused of raping a woman. Mr. Smith was prosecuted in a lurid trial that fall but was acquitted.

In 2007 Sean Hoey, the only person ever to be tried for the atrocity, was acquitted in Belfast.

Davis was acquitted of all charges in 1972, and went on to become a professor and political activist.

She was nervous about meeting the duke, but she acquitted herself well.

One man was actually acquitted of rape after using the defense that he was asleep at the time of the assault [source: The Independent].

Yeah, but the point is that the legal system worked. You were acquitted of all charges.

One of the men involved in this videotaped beating of Robert Davis, has been acquitted.

in the arrangements of the little household , miss pross took charge of the lower regions , and always acquitted herself marvellously.

a beijing court convicted zhao on the fraud charges on august 25 . at the same time it acquitted him on a charge of leaking state secrets.

In Mr Maeda's shabby case, the court threw out much of the evidence and acquitted the accused.

A few months later, the Senate acquitted Johnson of the impeachment charges by just one vote.

Ford was acquitted, but the damage to the company was incalculable .

Mr. Justice Pal, of India, said in a dissenting judgment that all the defendants should be acquitted of all the charges.

Earlier this year, Mr. X was convicted of corruption of a minor, but acquitted on a rape charge.

There is no suggestion here that Clyde Griffiths, the executed man, should have been acquitted.

All were acquitted and investigators have failed to identify the mastermind behind her murder.

Fhimah was acquitted. Al-Megrahi remained in jail until August 2009, when he was released after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.

In November 2009, Messrs. Cioffi and Tannin were acquitted by a jury in the same courtroom where they had been arraigned.

He was tried and acquitted of a terrorist offence in 2004 but is accused by US authorities of a string of terrorism-related offences.

Jackson has rarely been seen in public since he was acquitted on child molestation charges back in 2005.

Defendants acquitted on local charges can be re-prosecuted federally under civil rights laws.

At the same time, the court acquitted two other accused of the terrorist attacks on suspicion of helping the suspect.

As it turned out, the Republicans acquitted themselves well.

The jury was unable to reach verdicts on three others, and acquitted one man.

shall a multitude of words go unanswered , and a talkative man be acquitted.

in combat tests, they acquitted themselves extremely well, defeating almost all their enemies and suffering no casualties.

She was acquitted last week in a highly controversialverdict.

Ali alone was present to wait at table, and acquitted himself so admirably, that the guest complimented his host thereupon.

Mr McCain prefers such informal settings to standing behind a podium. And he acquitted himself well.

Rome's highest appeals acquitted a 49-year-old man who, unbeknown to his girlfriend, had recorded and kept films of them having sex.

Twenty-three others were acquitted for lack of evidence. Most of those who stood trial are Hindus.

They acquitted themselves poorly in the run-up to Enron's collapse in 2001.

Guatemalan court acquitted Alfonso Portillo, a former president, of embezzlement charges.

The man accused of stealing the money was acquitted for lack of witnesses.

The now famous footage of King being beaten by LAPD officers sparked riots after they were acquitted.

A jury acquitted them of two charges of rape but found them guilty of attempted sexual assault.

Russia has acquitted the only official charged in the death of Sergei Magnitsky.

Prosecutors have appealed against a judgment in June that acquitted Lone Star of charges of share-price manipulation.

Two Indians accused of helping to plot the carnage, Fahim Ansari and Sabaauddin Ahmed, were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

In theory, were he to be acquitted, she could stand down.

acquitted himself of his duties with credit.

R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges in his child porn trial, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar.

He acquitted himself well of his duty [promise].

In polls, 60% of people said they wanted to see Mr Wilders acquitted.

The jury found the evidence against the prisoner inconclusive and acquitted him.

One suspect was acquitted but another, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, was convicted and sentenced to 27 years in a Scottish jail.

In a highly controversial verdict, the jury acquitted Simpson.

The court acquitted Google's senior product marketing manager, Arvind Desikan.

The court acquitted him of a crime.

Although Conway and Roberts were caught, they were acquitted.

The French courts never worked it out, and in 1999 acquitted Mr Denard for lack of evidence.

However, he was acquitted of nine counts including wire fraud and tax fraud and one count of racketeering.

One man, Donald Stewart-Whyte, was acquitted on all charges, three years after he was first arrested.

The judge acquitted them, but they were at once rearrested under the Emergency Laws inherited from lan Smith, to spend four years in prison.

His co-accused was acquitted; Mr Megrahi was sentenced to life, with a minimum term that was later set at 27 years.

The president was once charged with rape but was acquitted.

The home side won but Pakistan's players acquitted themselves unexpectedly well.

one player, in 2002, suspected of involvement in arms smuggling with the Miami Beach case, but eventually acquitted.

The three units were tested in combat against determined and skilful opponents and generally acquitted themselves well.

He acquitted himself well of his task.

Johnson was acquitted by just one vote, narrowly avoiding removal from office.

When she finally took her husband to court, he admitted beating and threatening her but was acquitted of the rape charges.

The pop star was acquitted in June of child molestation charges in California after a five-month trial.

Accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor in 2003, he was acquitted of charges two years later.

Because of extenuating circumstances, the court acquitted him of the crime.

Little wonder, then, that Mr. Simpson was eventually acquitted.

Considering its lack of training, our team has acquitted itself well.

The officer was acquitted by a higher court and had his rank restored to him.

When Brooklyn cab driver Owen Midgley was acquitted of rape in 1997, his lawyer persuaded the judge to seal the case file.

Kizza Besigye, the Ugandan opposition leader, was acquitted of all charges in connection with violent protests earlier this year.

he acquitted himself well in the trial, even if his client was not acquitted.

I heard that you acquitted yourself well in prison.

The supreme court acquitted Mr. Wesley of the charges of fraud.

He was acquitted of child molestation charges after a well-publicized trial in Santa Maria, California, in March 2006.

She not only wanted to be acquitted, she wanted to clear her name entirely.

After two trials he was acquitted by a now-exhausted court.

In 2005, Jackson was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges.

(The corruption charges were dropped and Mr. Zuma was acquitted of rape).

He was acquitted on the charge of murder but convicted of manslaughter.

I felt vindicated when the judge who acquitted me said that I "did a very good job of handling an extraordinarily difficult situation. "

One former Baath Party official from the town of Dujail was acquitted.

After days of trial, the case was won, the client acquitted and released.

Those young people were acquitted of the robbery.

Two former hedge-fund managers at Bear Stearns were acquitted of fraud.

He was eventually acquitted of the charges.

When they did, those results exonerated the defendant, who was acquitted.

Jackson has spent time in Bahrain and Ireland since he was acquitted, making few public appearances.

He was acquitted on the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit murder.

But he was acquitted ofcommonassault and damaging property.

All plead not guilty and were acquitted of the charges.

In the event, Afghan teams have acquitted themselves well.

Another 16 were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.

In 2005 he was acquitted of murdering three patients through overdoses of morphine.

Ve been acquitted. You can never again be tried for this crime.

The soldier acquitted himself bravely in the battle.

Baer was charged with manslaughter but later was acquitted of all charges.

Last month Thomas, a retired steel worker, was acquitted at Swansea Crowncourtof strangling Christine, 57.

The accused ringleader of the 2004 Madrid train bombings has been acquitted .

He acquitted himself brilliantly in the exams.

Mr. Gansman's attorney, Barry Bohrer, noted the jury acquitted his client on four counts, including a conspiracy charge.

He was acquitted of a crime.

In the absence of definite evidence he was acquitted.

This morning an Amsterdam court acquitted him of five counts of hate speech and discrimination.

He was acquitted on nine counts of insider trading.

In the event, the Onion acquitted itself rather well.

A St. Louis jury later acquitted him of assault charges.

Sixty-six of the other men were acquitted.

Two other suspects were acquitted.

He says the officers acquitted in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell should be required to face a jury.

In 2005, after a jury in Santa Maria, Calif. , acquitted Jackson of charges of molesting a 12-year-old boy, he decamped to Bahrain.

He acquitted himself bravely in the battle.

Now you have been acquitted on all the charges, you can hold your head high.

Mr. Evans was acquitted of charges that he burned five teenagers to death in 1978.

Mr Zuma was also charged with rape but acquitted in 2006.

The singer was acquitted in 2005 by a jury in Santa Maria, Calif.

He was acquitted of the charges.

He has been acquitted of drunken driving charges after a court couldn't rule out the possibility that the man was asleep.

He was acquitted for lack of evidence.

The jury acquitted her of the crime.

I should say though that he was later acquitted.

He was acquitted by reason of insanity.

He has also been tried, and acquitted, on a rape charge.

The owners, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, were tried for manslaughter but were acquitted in 1914.

The accused was soon acquitted.

The papers laid into my brother Martin, even though he had been acquitted, and I can't tell you how guilty I felt.

He was acquitted on four other counts.

The jury acquitted him of all complicity in that murder.

The judge acquitted him of sodomy.

They acquitted him of murder.

He was acquitted in March on charges that he performed 19 illegal abortions in 2003.

The jury acquitted her of theft.

He was accused of their murders, but acquitted by a jury at Teesside rown ourt in 2005.

Based on just that, the woman was acquitted.

The suspect was acquitted because of lack of evidence.

Certainly going the other way, when we tested Sebastien Loeb in Barcelona at the end of 2008, he acquitted himself very, very well.

We couldn't. And, in the end, we acquitted.

In another high-profile case, the supreme court last year acquitted a 63-year-old professor of molesting a teenage girl in 2006.

Beaten Russian Journalist Acquitted of Slander

Though he was apparently guilty, the jury finally acquitted him and he got off scot-free

Be acquitted of a charge

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted

be acquitted by a single vote

be acquitted on all counts