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to find or pronounce guilty
an accused person is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law
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Recent Examples of convicted
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Janice Nix, 67, of South London, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was convicted of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter in June 1978 by forcing the girl into a scalding-hot bath as a punishment.
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Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
Some of them are convicted of terrible crimes.
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Gerard S. Williams,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
The problem with this, of course, was that Ashley was not a victim of any crime for which Adam had been convicted.
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Scott Sherman, 40, was previously convicted of first-degree murder as well as weapons and drug offenses in the October 3, 2023, shooting of Felix Makinano, 53.
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Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
If he were later convicted under New York's extreme emotional disturbance law, the murder charge would be reduced to manslaughter, and the potential sentence would be reduced from 25 years to life in prison to five to 25 years.
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Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
On July 17, Cacconie was convicted by an El Dorado County jury of six counts of lewd acts with children under the age of 14 that took place in 2023.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Cacconie, then 51, was convicted on July 17, and, over the prosecutor’s objections, was allowed to remain out of custody on condition of a monitoring device on his ankle and $1 million bail.
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Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Verb
If convicted as charged, Wilburn faces up to 14 years in prison, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office told CNN.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Janice Nix, 67, of South London, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was convicted of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter in June 1978 by forcing the girl into a scalding-hot bath as a punishment.
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Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
Some of them are convicted of terrible crimes.
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Gerard S. Williams,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
The problem with this, of course, was that Ashley was not a victim of any crime for which Adam had been convicted.
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Scott Sherman, 40, was previously convicted of first-degree murder as well as weapons and drug offenses in the October 3, 2023, shooting of Felix Makinano, 53.
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Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
If he were later convicted under New York's extreme emotional disturbance law, the murder charge would be reduced to manslaughter, and the potential sentence would be reduced from 25 years to life in prison to five to 25 years.
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Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
On July 17, Cacconie was convicted by an El Dorado County jury of six counts of lewd acts with children under the age of 14 that took place in 2023.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Cacconie, then 51, was convicted on July 17, and, over the prosecutor’s objections, was allowed to remain out of custody on condition of a monitoring device on his ankle and $1 million bail.
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Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicted
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Jim Trusty, the lawyer for Rozier, excoriated the league after a hearing Wednesday that served as a status update on Rozier’s case, as well as the other three defendants who remain indicted alongside him.
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The conservative-leaning New York Post has also reported Wahhaj was listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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They have also been widely condemned by antisemitism watchdogs, the university and government officials — some of whom suggested that his comments should prevent him from being hired anywhere.
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There are moments when a phrase, or a current of thought, that had seemed condemned to archival history is suddenly all anyone talks about.
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She was ultimately sentenced to life in prison with an eligibility for parole after 15 years served.
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Benjamin Song, who shot an Alvarado Police Department officer in the neck during the July 4 incident at Prairieland Detention Center outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced to a century behind bars, according to court documents reviewed by USA TODAY.
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But both have accused the other of violating their end of the agreement.
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After Young amended the curriculum to remove one definition of slavery for third-graders for redundancy, Clark accused some board members of whitewashing history.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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While teams often jump the gun, the Heat likely avoid being tagged as a repeat offense, having been punished by the league for such early contact with Kyle Lowry during 2021 free agency.
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Anthropic wants firms like Alibaba punished Alibaba is already preparing to clash with Trump, though.
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He was charged with one count of operating a boat or watercraft while intoxicated or under the influence and is set to appear in court in July.
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Another child was rescued from the rubble in Venezuela’s La Guaira region, marking a poignant moment at the close of a long and emotionally charged day of crisis response on Saturday.
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“Convicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convicted. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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