Sentence examples for be acquitted on grounds from inspiring English sources

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

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.

"I would be trying to show the military had more than fair warning that this guy was unstable," Mr. Dunn said In a court-martial, it is rare for defendants to be acquitted on grounds of insanity, said Eugene R. Fidell, the president of the National Institute of Military Justice, and it is possible that Major Hasan could refuse to claim mental impairment.

Despite the fact that the case involved a black man killing a white man, most observers believed Dinning would be acquitted on grounds of self-defense.

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

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.

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.

Gatto was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.

In 1891, Fleetwood stabbed a man to death outside a saloon, but was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.

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.

One unsavoury aspect among many in the Vicky Pryce case was her argument that she should be acquitted on the grounds of "marital coercion" – that is, that she was only doing what her husband told her to.