Sentence examples for acquit them from inspiring English sources
Two men were charged with carrying out Klebnikov's killing, but, in 2006, a Russian jury voted eight to four to acquit them.
Now, amid shock and backlash over the verdict, a key juror has come forward to explain why 12 people voted to acquit them.
A Federal jury took less than an hour to acquit them in December 1996 after a crucial prosecution witness admitted to perjury.
On the criminal damage charge, it seems a surprising verdict to acquit them – the jury was clearly in sympathy with the defendants.
The goal would be to get the jurors to ignore any legal culpability their clients might have and acquit them out of conscience, a concept known as jury nullification.
The federal jury verdicts against Officers Dennis Spaulding, 30, and David Cari, 36, drew gasps, sobs and words of disbelief from supporters of the officers, who had seemed confident that the jury would acquit them.
Abdallah acquitted them all.
But a military court acquitted them.
She acquitted them without so much as an administrative fee.
A federal district court jury in Richmond, Va., acquitted them of the charges.
