"conviction for not" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used in the context of a legal or moral conviction for failing to do something. Example: The man's conviction for not paying his taxes resulted in a hefty fine and jail time.
The court overturned the conviction for sodomy, not the entire verdict.
Fortunately for him he came across a vegetarian restaurant as well as a book providing a reasoned defense of vegetarianism, which henceforth became a matter of conviction for him, not merely a legacy of his Vaishnava background.
As a senator, Hanson could vote for conviction but not for impeachment.
Cellino has been banned from holding any influence over the club since the end of January - following a conviction in Italy for not paying tax on a yacht - but he is set to return in a fortnight's time.
But last month, in a decision that received little publicity, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the appeals court, saying that the violence appeared to warrant convictions for assault, not attempted murder, according to lawyers for the defendants.
Deltour, who said he had not passed information to the ICIJ, told Libération: "From the beginning, I acted out of conviction, for my ideas, not to appear in the media".
Ms. Stewart's conviction, for example, is not for insider trading but for lying to investigators.
He has said: "From the beginning, I acted out of conviction for my ideas, not to appear in the media".
So police forces will get brownie points for a successful rape conviction but not for a charge of perverting the course of justice.
Killing a kid – and escaping conviction for it – shouldn't be part of anyone's get-rich-quick scheme.
