Sentence examples for was truly guilty from inspiring English sources

One particularly well-researched book is Alias Grace, which focuses on the real-life Grace Marks and whether or not she was truly guilty of helping with an 1840s double murder that put her in prison for decades.

If even the emperor for some reason made a fault in pardoning a party which was truly guilty, then Wang reasoned that the only explanation for a lack of justice was the will of heaven and its judgment which was beyond the control of mortal men.

But, actually, she couldn't see Father Paul being truly guilty of anything.

"We do search for those who are truly guilty of murdering this young lady," he said.

But its credibility hinges on showing that it pursues people who are truly guilty and responsible.

"I confirmed that Russia will refuse entry to its territory to American citizens who are truly guilty of gross violations of human rights," Mr. Lavrov said.

This passage suggests that the early church, faced with making its way in the Roman Empire, did not wish its leader to be thought of as being truly guilty in Roman eyes.

A year ago the editorial board of the Dallas Morning News, a supporter of the death penalty for a century, declared that it now doubted that Texas could guarantee "that every inmate it executes is truly guilty of murder".

If we are to blame anything for our current woes, then, let us point the finger at those institutions that are truly guilty: America's hopelessly bloated and ethically bankrupt corporations.

"Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty, until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate," the governor said.

Yes, I am truly guilty of those thoughts.