Example sentences for: convict

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

  • Of course Blackstone knew that it would be better to convict one innocent person than let 10 criminals go free if the effects were limited to those 11 cases.

  • Robert Bennett, announced their intention to convict on both articles.

  • Similar exhumations of mass graves in Bosnia and Rwanda are intended to obtain evidence that will convict war criminals.

  • Oates cuts a deal with Maggs: He will help the convict find Phipps if Maggs will agree to undergo a series of experiments in "Mesmerism."

  • Jurors are kept off-balance--and in need of additional guidance from the bench--by the judge, who instructs them to convict if the defendant is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt," without telling them whether a "reasonable doubt" consists of a 1 percent risk of error, a 5 percent risk of error, or a 10 percent risk of error.


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