The phrase "acquittal of his" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when discussing the formal decision that someone is not guilty of a crime.
Example: "The jury's decision led to the acquittal of his charges, allowing him to walk free."
Alternatives: "his exoneration" or "his vindication".
Casteel's choice of subjects stems from something far more personal, however: conversations with her two brothers in the aftermath of the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin, and the acquittal of his killer the following year.
As the U.S. Supreme Court stripped down parts of the Voting Rights Act, and as states pushed for voter ID laws reminiscent of those enacted during Reconstruction, the shooting of an unarmed black teen and the acquittal of his admitted killer once again inspired thousands of citizens to gather in largely peaceful, coordinated, mass protests across the nation.
In 2012, the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin jolted her consciousness, and the acquittal of his killer outraged her.
Celebrating the successful acquittal of his latest client, Chicano lawyer and former activist Luis Montez is stunned when the client is killed the following day, an event that results in Luis' own arrest for murder.
This is not quite the end of the story as Feisal's lawyers will be appealing against the conviction and sentence and prosecution will appeal against the acquittal of his five co-defendants.
Its release in select American cinemas is timely, coming a day before the trial over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed black youth, reached its controversial verdict: the acquittal of his armed assailant.Oscar Grant's death was captured on the mobile phones of outraged bystanders.
Because Mr. Kelly was among the first officials to speak about the acquittals, images of his serious facial expression beamed back at television viewers throughout the day, even as others had more to say about the trial's outcome.
His 1995 acquittal of the double murder of his former wife and her friend was followed by a civil judgment which found him responsible for their deaths and ordered him to pay 33.5 million dollars (£22.9 million) in damages.
His acquittal of the political charges brought against him (April 24) was the climax of his career and the beginning of the fall of the Girondins from power.
For the black community, such incidents revive memories of the police beating of Rodney King in 1991—and of the acquittal the next year of his assailants, a decision that led to riots in which 55 were killed and 2,300 injured.
For years, his acquittal of state murder charges in the 1960's had shielded him from new prosecution.
