Sentence examples for case convinced from inspiring English sources

But the 2002 test case convinced the CIA, supported by the Bush White House, of the value of torture.

His case convinced me of the mistakes that are made, that the system had made mistakes and what can happen in an overzealous prosecution".

The plaintiffs in the case convinced the justice that the formula was essentially a cover for political decisions made by the governor and legislative leaders.

Because Chief Tomich had spent time in New York, the militia adopted his case, convinced that the government's intention all along -- not to mention custom -- was to hand the medal to a relative if one could be found.

But then an external review panel, found by the Center for Public Integrity to include three members who consulted for PG&E in the Brockovich case, convinced the EPA to grant the American Chemistry Council time to fund their own studies.

His willingness to tell his whole story in detail — to reveal his real name, documents, visas, phone numbers, and the testimony of the lawyer in charge of his case — convinced me to meet him in an El Paso office.

But officials at the gallery seemed to make the best case, convincing the couple the art should go to the nation.

In each case convincing leaders, who later became mentors, that they needed me on their team not because of any credentialed nouns present on my resume, but for the verbs I would exercise every day.

Assigned the appeal for condemned inmate Christopher Simmons – who, at age 17, wrapped a woman in electrical wire and duct tape, then threw her from a bridge – Herndon helped win a landmark case, convincing the Missouri Supreme Court that it was cruel and unusual punishment to execute anyone for a crime committed as a juvenile.

These cases convinced Mr. Leydon that a similar change in beach access could happen in Connecticut, he said.

"Just when I thought we had a strong immunisation base, several cases convinced me that this base is actually more like a house of cards.