Examples of 'were acquitted' in a sentence

Meaning of "were acquitted"

were acquitted: When someone is acquitted, it means that they have been found not guilty of a crime following a trial. This legal term is used in the context of court cases and criminal justice

How to use "were acquitted" in a sentence

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were acquitted
Seven other accused were acquitted in this case.
They were acquitted of the charges and released.
He and his father were acquitted by the jury.
They were acquitted of most of the other charges.
The ninth and tenth defendants were acquitted.
Three persons were acquitted for lack of evidence.
Seven men were convicted and three were acquitted.
Two others were acquitted for lack of evidence.
The rest of the defendants were acquitted at trial.
The accused were acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
At their appeal a year later all were acquitted.
Ten people were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
However at their trial the officers were acquitted.
All the defendants were acquitted of all charges.
At the trial both the appellants were acquitted.

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Both parties were acquitted of their respective charges.
Seven others implicated in the case were acquitted.
The two others were acquitted and released.
All were acquitted of torture but convicted of mistreatment of prisoners.
And his charges of fraud were acquitted.
These slavers were acquitted or only lightly fined.
The third and the fifth defendants were acquitted.
Seven defendants were acquitted on grounds of insufficient evidence.
Seven other accused persons were acquitted.
All accused were acquitted for lack of evidence.
All three officers tried were acquitted.
The two men were acquitted on all charges.
The other eight police officers charged were acquitted.
Five individuals were acquitted and six cases are pending.
Another nine of the accused were acquitted.
Two detainees were acquitted during the reporting period.
All defendants in both trials were acquitted.
All defendants were acquitted of these charges.
The three police officers were acquitted.
Most were acquitted after basic examination.
Four other controllers were acquitted for lack of proof.
All were acquitted in the subsequent trial.
Four of the defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.
All were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
He and the other defendants were acquitted in a jury trial.
They were acquitted of all the charges against them.
Roberson and his wife were acquitted of all charges.
Both were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Three other defendants were acquitted at the same trial.
They were acquitted after the investigation.
Five of the accused were acquitted by the court.
They were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
As many as two thousand were acquitted after the trial.
You were acquitted at the first trial.
The other defendants were acquitted at trial.

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