Sentence examples for acquitted on grounds from inspiring English sources

And yet Monroe was not acquitted on grounds of insanity.

However, when the case came to court he was acquitted on grounds of entrapment.

Upheaval over the decision prompted Congress to alter what defendants had to prove to be acquitted on grounds of insanity.

He also ordered police to repress an anti-government rally, at which a constable was killed – and his killers were acquitted on grounds that police acted illegally.

A panel of three judges issued the unanimous decision a day after a prosecutor recommended the two be acquitted on grounds of reasonable doubt in the crash.

Hoping to rule out a possible defence for Pistorius, he might instead be opening the door to his being acquitted on grounds of mental incapacity.

Presumably the magistrates, too, considered themselves to be giving effect to the language of the Act, rather than acquitting on grounds of fairness in spite of what Parliament had enacted.

Mr. Barrie was acquitted on the grounds that the photographs were art.

Thornton Hains was probably the last man in New York State acquitted on the grounds of "the unwritten law," albeit vicariously.

He could face the death penalty if convicted, but some independent legal observers say they anticipate that he will eventually be acquitted on technical grounds.

Stanford was sexually voracious and many of the debauched details of his love life (while married) were not revealed until the sensationalized murder trial of Thaw, who was acquitted on the grounds of insanity and sent to a mental institution.