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Example sentences for: acquitted

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The councilman was defeated at the polls as a result, but he was acquitted in court.
She was acquitted of obstructing Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation (by refusing to testify against the Clintons) and got a mistrial on the remaining charges of criminal contempt because the jury was deadlocked.
Unfortunately for scholars (if fortunately for presidents), Congress has undertaken impeachment proceedings against only two chief executives, Andrew Johnson (1868, acquitted) and Richard Nixon (1974, resigned).
A court-martial jury acquitted U.S.
"Let's say somebody is acquitted, and it's one of those acquittals in which the person was guilty ..."