Sentence examples for as a conviction from inspiring English sources

She rightly described herself as a "conviction politician".

But in Texas, the federal government still counted that as a conviction.

The Japanese, however, have learned to treat an arrest as a conviction.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid generally isn't thought of as a conviction politician.

INDONESIA'S president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is not known as a conviction politician.

But he does long to be perceived as a conviction politician.

However, commanders still have the authority to overturn sentences -- a remaining danger to justice and potentially as damaging as overturning a conviction.

Between the endless hours of unpaid, "love thy neighbor" efforts required of a Mormon bishop and the scope of his private generosity, the caricature of the Republican candidate as a conviction-free mannequin mostly collapses.

Not so long ago Mr Chirac was being written off as a conviction-free opportunist, dogged by scandal and fatally weakened after the voters in 1997 condemned him to "cohabit" for five years with a coalition government led by his Socialist opponents.

But if Mr. Skakel is tried as an adult, a conviction would carry a sentence of up to life in prison.

A conviction as an adult could mean life in prison, while a conviction as a juvenile would carry little if any jail time.