Example Sentences
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Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
The decision does not go as far as the bill Newsom vetoed but does extend more latitude to poor convicts to avoid or challenge fees and fines imposed by the court.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
"This court finds the accused guilty of all 21 charges and convicts the accused accordingly," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Jews have been in Australia for centuries and some even arrived as convicts with other Europeans in 1788.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
“You see, everybody’ll know that they’re convicts because of their stripes.”
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
