Sentence examples for convicted or not from inspiring English sources

"I know for sure he never worked with these people, whether they are convicted or not.

She is said to be fearful that – whether her husband is convicted or not – his legacy will be forever tainted by the odour of corruption.

Chief constables have continued collecting the DNA profiles of everyone arrested, whether they are convicted or not, and keeping them indefinitely on a national database.

PERHAPS the only thing more surprising than President Obama's decision to give an interview for "America's Most Wanted" last weekend was his apparent agreement with the program's host, John Walsh, that there should be a national DNA database with profiles of every person arrested, whether convicted or not.

But the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, which for years declined to notice the practice, now has tightened its rules to stipulate that any member known to be thus breaking the law shall be thrown out, whether he is legally convicted or not.

But the accused, whether they are convicted or not, face a constant threat of being murdered.

"It creates a risk that the defendant will be convicted or acquitted, not on the evidence, but on unchallenged and untested material discovered by the juror.

A claimant need not prove his innocence, five of nine justices held, but must "show that, on the basis of the facts as they are now known, he should not have been convicted or that conviction could not possibly be based on those facts".

Broadcasting the tapes is legal because they are part of the public record in cases where the suspects were convicted or were found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Among the properties confiscated are homes owned by women whose partners are accused of selling or storing drugs in their homes (they need not be convicted), whether or not the women were aware of their partners' activities.

"I think I just didn't realize how deep it went," he said, then added, "I think this movie punctuates the depth of those feelings — this is not about one instance of injustice, of a black man convicted or a white man not convicted".