Acquitting

After three days of deliberations, jurors said they could have reached a unanimous verdict on involuntary manslaughter, but they could not unanimously agree on convicting or acquitting Turner of murder.

Even now, while acquitting Pillai the defence had argued that the prosecution had failed to establish the connection between the incident and Pillai.

The jury deliberated for about five hours before acquitting Bradley Setzer of attempted first-degree murder in Third District Court today.

Alberta prosecutors want the province's top court to find two parents guilty of criminal charges connected to the 2012 death of their toddler despite a judge acquitting the pair last month.

Of course, the officials killed two birds with one stone by acquitting the main defendants and closing the case.

The Warren County jury deliberated for four hours before acquitting 20-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges.

But where was the Reserve Bank when exporters were not acquitting their export declaration forms?

Magistrate Amy Mikell's acquitting him shows it, his lawyers claim.

Malami must be commended for acquitting himself creditably in this area.

As a consequence of this asymmetric behaviour, the error of the second kind (acquitting a person who committed the crime), is often rather large.

Instead of holding Lincoln in contempt of court as was expected, the judge, a Democrat, reversed his ruling, allowing the evidence and acquitting Harrison.

Owen appeared before the Council, acquitting himself of all charges and was released.