Sentence examples for issued an acquittal from inspiring English sources

They issued an acquittal in 2010, and he was released.

Then, in 2010, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an acquittal for Ms. Winfrey's father, ruling that dog scent evidence alone was insufficient for a conviction.

MOSCOW — A judge issued an acquittal on Friday of the only official to have gone to trial in Russia in the case of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a lawyer whose death in prison three years ago inspired the United States Congress to pass a law addressing human rights abuses in Russia.

On Friday, after a request from prosecutors, the appeals court dialed back its ruling, revoking its mandate that the trial court judge issue an acquittal.

While the Egyptian judiciary acted with some degree of independence under Hosni Mubarak, it has now become a willing partner in the repression, issuing acquittal after acquittal of police officers and former regime members.

Ben Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, issued a statement condemning the acquittal.

He issued an unusual ruling in Izhar's case: a "judgment of acquittal," the determination that the evidence against a defendant is so lacking that no reasonable jury could convict.

That Navalny will be found guilty is taken as a given: less than 1% of Russian trials end in acquittal and Blinov has never issued a not-guilty verdict in his career.

Mr. Ferriero's lawyer, Joseph A. Hayden Jr., issued a statement on behalf of his client expressing confidence in an acquittal.

On the same day the judge issued his acquittal, a British trade delegation — described by officials as the UK's biggest to Egypt in 15 years — held meetings with business people and Prime Minister Mahlab.

Mr. Starr issued a report that led to Mr. Clinton's impeachment by the House in 1998 and his eventual acquittal in a Senate trial.