Sentence examples for convictions dropped from inspiring English sources

Drink-driving convictions dropped by a third between 2007 and 2010 despite a rise in breathalyser tests.

All but one had their drug convictions vacated last year in a mass exoneration; the other had a gun conviction dropped later.

They spent 13 years in prison after their conviction, but their convictions were dropped in 2005 after new evidence emerged.

2012-13 saw the number of rape convictions drop below 15% of the overall number of incidents for the first time since 2008 (although the number of offences actually recorded by the police rose on 2011-12's figure).

Fusing those simple truths with his political convictions, he dropped out of Harvard, started hanging out with Woody Guthrie and began performing.

The men were released from prison in 2011 in an arrangement in which their original convictions were dropped, but they pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

But when the man appealed that conviction to the Court of Appeal, he won his case, and the bestiality conviction was dropped.

The CPS decided six months later that there was no realistic prospect of conviction and dropped the case.

This young man spent two days in jail and never used drugs again, but still isn't sure if the felony conviction was dropped or not after he completed a diversion program and probation.

And after being resentenced, their access to resources that could help them prove a false conviction drops.

Lawyers for Mr. Glisson and Ms. Watkins each said they had received calls from a Bronx prosecutor on Friday, saying the convictions would be dropped.