Sentence examples for convict where from inspiring English sources

Juries are, quite rightly, reluctant to convict where the evidence is so weak, particularly where the defendants are juveniles.

The contradiction seemed lost, or maybe no longer relevant, in a convict where death often comes from the skies.

At a criminal trial, the decision should be made to convict where the expected disutility of a decision to acquit is greater than the expected disutility of a decision to convict.

Flom hosts a podcast called "Wrongfully Convicted," where he conducts long interviews with people freed after proving they never should have been behind bars in the first place.

We generally regard larrikins as good blokes (women are less likely to be described as larrikins) whose lineage can be traced back to convict days, where those who survived had to be resilient and tough.

In the immediate aftermath of slavery and well into the 20th century, black men throughout the Deep South were forced into another form of involuntary servitude called convict leasing, where they would be leased to work on plantations and for private corporations, such as railroad and coal companies.

The police in Cleveland were notified repeatedly about violence in the house of a convicted rapist where the decomposed bodies of six women were found last week, a neighbor said Monday.

According to the study, 30percentt of the detainees are being held in provincial prisons meant for convicted criminals, where neither the CBSA nor the provincial jail has clear jurisdiction over their conditions and treatment.

Near Pig Trough, the prison guards' nickname for the pool where convict labourers washed, we passed River Island Bend.

The weight of these deliberations can greatly increase jurors' stress, the experts say, and some refuse to convict in cases where they believe the punishment exceeds the crime.

In truth, particularly over the past decade or so, the Crown Prosecution Service, with the support of politicians and much of the media, has used JE to prosecute and convict in cases where the actual evidence of guilt has been absent.