Sentence examples for try to acquit from inspiring English sources

I had been sort of thinking, Could it be that maybe they might see it a different way than I do because they've been around crime more than I have and it's one of their own, and just on that, that they might try to acquit the person?

He's trying to acquit himself, and a lot of people are lying to protect themselves".

If the lawyer's version proves correct, it may serve to deepen suspicions in the country that Mr. Mubarak's former allies in the military are trying to acquit him of more serious charges.

A judge who tried to acquit a vice president of Tyson Foods reluctantly sentenced the man to a year in prison today for illegally trying to influence former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy.

A committee has formed to try to get Grace acquitted and brings in a flashy young psychiatrist whose job it is to fill in her now patchy memories of the killings.

His lawyers tried to have him acquitted of the charge of "honour killing" on the basis that there were no such examples among the Christian community.

After trying to get Adam acquitted for Skye's (his ex-wife's) murder, Sharon is jailed.

JUNE 8: Officer Schwarz is convicted of joining in the torture of Mr. Louima, but Officers Wiese and Bruder are acquitted of beating Mr. Louima, and Sergeant Bellomo is acquitted of trying to cover up the incident.

Two years later he was acquitted of trying to extort a bribe from a cable television company.

Both men were acquitted Monday of trying to kill Pierce but were convicted of assault and battery charges.

The former spokesman for the independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr was acquitted today of trying to hide his role in leaking information about Mr. Starr's investigation of President Clinton.