Sentence examples for gain an acquittal from inspiring English sources

But even if the defense fails to gain an acquittal, it would score a victory if the jury is moved to sympathize with the defendant, experts said.

Johnson maneuvered to gain an acquittal; for example, he pledged to Iowa Senator James W. Grimes that he would not interfere with Congress's Reconstruction efforts.

He convinced his cousins John Adams and Josiah Quincy to defend the soldiers, knowing that those Whigs would not slander Boston to gain an acquittal.

Diefenbaker paid $1,500 and sat a token bar examination to join the Law Society of British Columbia to take the case, and gained an acquittal, prejudicing the jury against the Crown prosecutor and pointing out a previous case in which interference had caused information to be lost in transmission.

He also claimed that it sanctioned his coronation, and in July he became King James I. The Strangites endured considerable persecution, but Strang was able to preserve the sect and to gain acquittal in the several lawsuits brought against him.

Thus, the jury might well have thought it likely that petitioner elected to feign this 'testimony' out of desperation brought on by his failure to gain acquittal without it in the two previous trials.

As for Mr. Brafman, who is best known for gaining the acquittal of the hip-hop impresario Sean Combs in a bribery and gun possession trial in 2001, he is based in New York rather than here on the West Coast.

The film was born after they gained a serendipitous "in" – a mutual friend introduced them to Knox just a few weeks after she returned to her native Seattle following her acquittal.

Finally, he has spearheaded an attempt to ruin the reputation of police officer Mark Fuhrman in an effort to gain his celebrity client acquittal on technical grounds.

"An acquittal is an acquittal, so that is very good," Mr. Ackermann said as he left the courtroom.

It was his sensational testimony in a 1992 trial that allowed federal officials to finally convict mobster Gotti, who in three previous trials had gained acquittals and had gained the nickname "The Teflon Don". Gravano cut a dashing if somewhat brutal figure and managed to charm many in law enforcement.