The phrase "acquittal of guilty" is not correct in English.
The correct term is "acquittal" alone, as it implies a finding of not guilty. You can use "acquittal" in legal contexts when referring to a formal judgment that someone is not guilty of a crime.
Example: "The jury's decision led to the acquittal of the defendant, clearing him of all charges."
Alternatives: "not guilty verdict" or "exoneration."
The criminal analogue would be the acquittal of a guilty man.
However, if confidential information were withheld from the court, a criminal case could be weakened due to evidential requirements, which may result in the acquittal of an otherwise guilty accused.
The jury could issue three possible verdicts: acquittal; guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life; or guilty of first-degree murder, a verdict that could lead to life without parole or the death penalty.
The acquittal of his killer, found not guilty of murder, shocked and disappointed many in this part of town.
For instance, consider the three police officers who were acquitted in 1992 of beating Rodney King, or the 1995 acquittal of OJ Simpson, or the not-guilty verdicts of the police officers who beat and killed Kelly Thomas earlier this year.
Without any change in the law, exculpation of such individuals can be achieved through the practice of jury nullification -- the acquittal of those who appear to be guilty.
First, the Court considered the first jury's verdict of guilty on the second-degree murder charge to be an 'implicit acquittal' on the charge of first-degree murder.
Since we necessarily afford absolute finality to a jury's verdict of acquittalno matter how erroneous its decisionit is difficult to conceive how society has any greater interest in retrying a defendant when, on review, it is decided as a matter of law that the jury could not properly have returned a verdict of guilty.
Six entered pleas of guilty.
October 2008 Thirteen years to the day since his acquittal of murder, Simpson faces life in jail after being found guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
The verdict that ignited protests on Friday was the acquittal of former city policeman Jason Stockley, 36, who was found not guilty of the first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, 24, on Dec. 20, 2011.
