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However in his appeal Kurz argued that the judge who had convicted him was biased.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

Khan was taken by police from his home in Lahore and transferred to a jail outside Islamabad, where a court had convicted him of charges arising over the sale of state gifts.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2023

During a court appearance, the same judge who had convicted him during the Nazi era greeted him with the words: “You’re here again.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Saudi Arabia said in September 2020 that it had convicted eight people for the killing but did not name them.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2022

But the words that had convicted him had been her very own, read out loud on her behalf in the Assize Court.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan