Sentence examples for a guilty act from inspiring English sources

Each of the seven sections of "The Little Friend" explores a guilty act.

A fundamental principle of criminal law, Mr. Sullivan said, is "the confluence of a guilty mind and a guilty act".

Lipstick on a collar, a reappearing bloodstain – the physical evidence of a guilty act has turned many a plot.

No other punishment philosophy gives so much importance to actus reus (a guilty act) and mens rea (a guilty state of mind).

And so it was, but that was only part of the story: it is also a gripping adventure yarn, a tale of the nemesis that may lie in store for us if we have ever committed a guilty act, and a delicious character study of an unconventional young woman whose weaknesses (envy, malice, jealousy) only make her all the more charming to the reader.

Yet until recently, prosecutors have been excessively cautious about defining routine industrial behavior as a guilty act that triggers criminal culpability.

Then, figure out if this is something that actually makes you feel ashamed, if the guilty act was a metaphor for a difficult emotion IRL, or if you were just afraid of the aftermath.

He wanted to repeat the incident with out the guilty act.

When you walk in don't act guilty, act like you didn't know you were late and show them the time on your phone.

If the case ever gets to trial, the defense will offer an even more contentious argument: that Nichols, who has pled not guilty, acted out of a "delusional compulsion" (a version of the insanity defense allowed under Georgia law).

In addition, offenders may be punished only for the guilty acts they actually commit; those who plan a murder but succeed only in wounding a victim, for example, should not be punished as harshly as those who actually carry out the murder.