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• The jockey was said to have undergone lessons in etiquette; the horse had not, though it acquitted itself extremely well. Times, Sunday Times
• So weeding out potential jurors with unchangeable views on guilt or innocence has the elaborateness of celebrity trials like that of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted at the same courthouse in 1995. Jackson jury Q&A tests media's grip
• He was acquitted of 11 charges this year and will not face another trial. Times, Sunday Times
• The phenomenon is difficult to measure, St. Pierre and several others said, because the term jury nullification is rarely invoked; defendants with substantial evidence against them are simply acquitted, or juries deadlock. Thestar.com - Home Page
• She was acquitted and the book remains a bestseller. Times, Sunday Times
• The incident occurred 16 years ago but the officers had been acquitted by lower courts. Times, Sunday Times
• he stands acquitted on all charges
• Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
• The trial judge had misdirected the jury, but the conviction was safe because no reasonable jury could have acquitted the defendant. Times, Sunday Times
• The four white officers were acquitted on criminal charges a year after the shooting.