With weak evidence against the three, the men might have been acquitted and then sued the state for wrongful incarceration.
He was acquitted in part because a jury could not believe that a man who could lug the heavy and cumbersome photographic equipment of the time up into the Yosemite Valley could be entirely sane.
He was acquitted in default of strong evidence of his guilt.
Jurors in three trials acquitted him, perhaps making him think he would for ever remain beyond the reach of the prosecutors and legislators he so loved to taunt.
Johnson was acquitted by just one vote, narrowly avoiding removal from office.
"Cousin Lizzy, " as Fallon wryly calls her, was accused (and controversially acquitted) of killing her father and stepmother with an ax in Fall River, Mass., in 1882.
Mr McCain prefers such informal Settings to standing behind a podium. And he acquitted himself well.
Baer was charged with manslaughter but later was acquitted of all charges.
Since being acquitted of child molestation charges at a trial that ended in June 2005, Jackson has mostly kept a low profile, spending time in Bahrain and Ireland.
They have acquitted themselves of various duties splendidly.
He was acquitted of the crime.
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