Example sentences for: acquittal

How can you use “acquittal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • USA Today leads with the acquittal of Marine pilot Richard Ashby in connection with the deaths of 20 people that occurred when the airplane he was piloting struck an Italian ski lift in 1998.

  • The upbeat spin: The obstruction conviction makes up for the manslaughter acquittal by reaffirming (especially to angry Italians) that U.S. military misdeeds won't go unpunished.

  • Its purposes are 1) to get witnesses into the trial by arguing that the real subject of testimony is perjury and obstruction, not sex; and 2) to shift the burden to Clinton's defenders by warning that his acquittal would send the country a corrosive message.

  • Veteran political activist Paul Weyrich urged fellow conservatives to "drop out" of society . In a letter posted on his Web site following President Clinton's acquittal, Weyrich said: 1) "the United States is very close to becoming a state totally dominated by an alien ideology"; 2) Republican campaigns for the presidency in such an environment are futile; and 3) to "make sure that we and our children are not infected," conservatives "need some sort of quarantine."

  • The end will, guess the papers, be an acquittal on both the perjury and obstruction counts, with no finding of facts in lieu of a conviction, but, after the trial, very possibly a resolution of censure.


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