Sentence examples for saying conviction from inspiring English sources

Assange said the only just outcome would have been acquittal on all the charges, saying conviction was a "clear abuse" of the first amendment and Espionage Act in the US.

Kevin Pratt, insurance expert at Moneysupermarket.com, said conviction rates have tumbled this year.

"I have no interest in sitting back and doing nothing," he says, conviction burned into his eyes.

Twelve oracles predicted a hung jury, six said conviction, three refused to answer, and one bet on acquittal.

Rights groups say conviction rate in cases of sexual and other violence against women is "critically low".

In spite of reform in the law they say conviction rates are not encouraging and in most cases the killers escape justice.

The report says: "Convictions of the guilty are extremely important outcomes but convictions are not the only important outcomes for victims of rape".

Judge Peter Espinoza of Superior Court, who ordered the release, said convictions under the three-strikes law — which calls for heavy sentences for a third conviction — had often brought "disproportionate" sentences and "resulted in if not unintended, then at least unanticipated, consequences".

Human rights groups say convictions are rare and stories of survival are almost non-existent.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Wales said convictions had risen from 46.6% in 2006-7, to 59.3% in 2009-10.

Tikhonov has steadily maintained his innocence, saying the conviction was orchestrated by political enemies.