Members of the defense team argued that such a rationale means that Andersen was, in essence, convicted for something that was not a crime.
They tracked down the priest, the Reverend Edward Cowhig, who signed an affidavit saying that Sullivan "stated that Mr. Reissfelder was not involved in the incident at Railway Express in Boston, and that he was sorry that Mr. Reissfelder had been convicted for something he didn't do".
"You convicted me for something I didn't do, man," Shadwick said as the hearing started.
The unexpected focus, in questioning at the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit here, raised questions about whether Mr. Siegelman's principal claim — that he was wrongly convicted, and for something that is not a crime — would be accepted by the judges when they issue a ruling, perhaps next year.
Mr. Chernoff argued that prosecutors were asking the jury to convict Dr. Murray for something that Mr. Jackson had done.
Mr. Tacopina, surrounded by members of Mr. Brancato's family, later called the officer's death a tragedy, but said, "It would have been a bigger tragedy to convict Lillo for something he didn't do".
Not even a clear videotape could convict cops for something as visible as the brutality they committed.
For terrorism, however, you need only to be convicted of something resembling a terrorism charge and be sentenced to five years anywhere in the world.
For terrorism, however, you only need to be convicted of something resembling a terrorism charge and be sentenced to five years – anywhere in the world.
The scientists were not convicted for failing to predict an earthquake, something Billi says was impossible to do, but for their complete failure to properly analyze, and to explain, the threat posed by the swarm.
The doctor, Niels H. Lauersen, was convicted of something that many in his profession have quietly done for years: billing insurance companies for covered gynecological procedures to mask the uncovered fertility procedures he was performing.
