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How to use the word ACQUIT in a Sentence?

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The heart of our appellate argument here is that the jury simply did not hear evidence they could have used to acquit Mr. Lucien, so he didn’t get due process, almost everywhere we look in this case, there are serious problems.

Dennis Toomey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Give me one juror who's not convicting me regardless of the evidence. It's a mistrial. Are they really going to try me again? all you need is one juror to say, 'Listen, I need more information. They didn't give me enough information to convict this guy. Therefore, the judge said, I must acquit.'.

Randy Zelin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you find that The House has proved( The House) case and still vote to acquit, you'll name will be tied to The President with a cord of steel and through all of history.

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The John Bolton revelations are stark, and when Mr. Sekulow gets up and says one of the reasons you should vote to acquit is we don't have any eyewitness accounts and at the same time the man he's representing, Donald Trump, is preventing those eyewitnesses, they lose a lot of ground.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Id tell the president, if somebody is ready to acquit you, Id sort of get out of the way.

Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I saw somebody who was very angry, who was very nervous, and I saw rage that a lot of people said,' well of course you're going to see rage he's being falsely accused,' but it is at all times you're to acquit yourself with a demeanor that's becoming of Supreme Court.

Heidi Heitkamp

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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