Sentence examples for guilty of capital from inspiring English sources

In 1992, he was found guilty of capital felony murder and eight other charges.

Jurors deliberated for about three hours before finding Mr. Norwood guilty of capital murder.

After three separate trials, all three men were found guilty of capital murder.

The jurors agreed he was not guilty of capital murder and not guilty of first-degree murder.

The forewoman told the judge that the jury had unanimously agreed that Mr. Blueford was not guilty of capital or first-degree murder, but she said it was divided, 9 to 3, in favor of guilt on the manslaughter charge.

Yet under Texas law all this was insufficient to produce a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, and yesterday Andrea Yates was found guilty of capital murder.

Although Holden was found guilty of a capital murder the then Northern Ireland secretary, William Whitelaw, commuted his sentence to life.

Later, Green was forced to recant, in a letter to The Sherlock Holmes Journal, saying, "I was guilty of the capital mistake of theorising without data".

"They're going to have to look him in the eye and say, 'We're going to find you guilty of a capital offense,' " Professor Allen said.

But, Mr. Bush said, the death penalty is appropriate when a defendant is guilty of a capital crime and has had full access to the courts.

Of these 301 new actions by trial courts, 22 found that the defendant was not guilty of a capital crime, 54 reimposed the death sentence and 247 imposed prison sentences.