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An Ohio jury has acquitted a police officer who in August 2023 shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman suspected of shoplifting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A Philippine court has acquitted journalist Maria Ressa and news outlet Rappler of tax evasion, in a move hailed as a win for press freedom.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2023

This was an all-hands-on-deck moment for the paper, which has acquitted itself well.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

A jury has acquitted a fired South Carolina police officer of assaulting a Black man during a videotaped 2021 traffic stop the ex-officer later apologized for.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

"Well, well," admitted Craddock with the self-satisfaction of a man who feels that he has acquitted himself creditably.

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson