Sentence examples for escape a conviction. from inspiring English sources

He had been trying to escape a conviction for accepting pension-fund kickbacks.

Known as the "Pitbull" prosecutor, Mr Nel said that even if Mr Pistorius' account of events were true, "he cannot escape" a conviction for murdering with intent.

It was a narrow escape: a conviction would have spelled the end of his Hollywood ambitions.

Just 24 hours after Silvio Berlusconi escaped a conviction for corruption, one of his closest allies was jailed yesterday for colluding with the Mafia.

Scipione said the scheme allowed young people who have made "one-off mistakes" to escape a lifelong conviction.

The only scandal that the celebrity sleuth Mr. Morton could turn up was a onetime ploy by Mr. Beckham to escape a traffic conviction by telling a dubious story about being followed on a high-speed chase.

In his closing statement, Mr Nel argued the athlete "cannot escape" a murder conviction, accusing him of being a "deceitful witness" who told the court a "snowball of lies".

Thaksin subsequently fled Thailand to escape a corruption conviction and has lived in exile, mainly in Dubai, ever since.

Whether it's to collect on a life-insurance policy, escape a criminal conviction, or to simply disappear, people have been playing dead for centuries.

She also uncovered that her maternal great-great-great grandfather, Coenraad Sammes (later Coleman Joseph), had fled to England from Amsterdam in 1830 to escape a prison sentence following a conviction for theft.

If evidence of cannibalism is not found, Detlev G could escape with a conviction for "requested manslaughter", an offence which carries a maximum sentence of five years.