Sentence examples for possibility of conviction from inspiring English sources

CrossCountry said it did not comment on individual cases but added that it would only prosecute "if there has been a clear attempt to avoid paying the correct fare and there is a realistic possibility of conviction.

It is unclear what the indictment and the possibility of conviction will mean to Mr. Bonds's own bid for the Hall of Fame, which recently accepted his record-setting home run ball with an asterisk tattooed on it to signify that the record was believed to be tainted.

A distaste for Hank's snake-oil city ways means that Joseph faces the very real possibility of conviction, unless his black sheep son can persuade him not to take the stand – something that goes against honest Joe's diehard belief that only the guilty refuse to testify.

The judge ruled it was not necessary for Mr Dewani to give evidence, saying a defendant was entitled to be discharged if there was no possibility of conviction unless he entered the witness box and incriminated himself.

The girl's mother was issued a $535 fine and told that she faced the possibility of conviction and imprisonment.

The test is for whether there is a "real possibility" of a conviction being overturned.

India's current definition of rape is steeped in outmoded traditions, making the possibility of a conviction unlikely in many cases, human rights activists said.

For the defense, the possibility of a conviction on all counts would have subjected Mr. Schwarz to a sentence of 15 years.

Naughton's contends the CCRC is hamstrung by the statutory straitjacket of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 that requiring only cases with the "real possibility" of the conviction being overturned to be referred to the court of appeal.

"I was interviewed by Katie Couric right after the prosecutor gave his summation, and I told her that for the first time I felt the possibility of a conviction exists," Mr. Dunne said.

Two other charges of sexual assault were dropped last May, with the Crown saying they had no reasonable possibility of a conviction.