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It was the right to self-defense on trial. If I was convicted, no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers, apparently to many people on the left, it is criminal to protect your community. – Kyle Rittenhouse	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The shooter, Floyd Corkins, came into our building armed with a 9 mm pistol, two ammunition clips of 15 rounds in his front pocket, the rounds in the gun, and a box of 50 additional rounds, he also had 15 individually wrapped Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He was not puffing things up when he told the investigators that he intended ‘to kill as many people as [he] could.’ He shot our building manager, Leo Johnson, shattering the major bones of his left arm. Even after taking a bullet, Leo heroically tackled the shooter putting a stop to what would have been a mass murder. Corkins was later convicted of domestic terrorism in Washington, D.C. – Jerry Boykin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
That is not only prosecutorial misconduct sufficient to grant such a motion, but it is also a constitutional violation, conduct just like this is one of the more common reasons as to how innocent people get convicted and proven [innocent] through DNA technology years later. – Los Angeles-based	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Kevin Strickland first trial resulted in a hung jury, with the sole Black juror refusing to convict, unfortunately, in Kevin Strickland second trial, which was to an all-White jury, Kevin Strickland was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years. – Robert Hoffman.Two	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I can’t understand how she can plead not guilty since she’s already been convicted of murdering her mom, the important thing about this is there is going to be a real trial. For us, this is a step in the right direction. I think it would be very helpful for everybody to understand the withheld information in relation to the case from Plato to NATO. – Elliott Jacobson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Trials are dangerous and unpredictable … and innocent people get convicted all the time, so it’s quite possible that Kyle Rittenhouse could be convicted in this case based on that kind of rhetoric, despite the legal merits of the charges. – Andrew Branca	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I didn’t think he would be convicted the first time around. I really believe in Scott’s innocence based on the evidence I had seen during the first trial. I truly don’t believe he got a fair trial because of all the publicity and all of the emotions and visceral reactions of him having an affair. – Lara Yeretsian	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There's an exponentially higher number of people who are wrongfully sentenced than wrongfully convicted. – Ross Kramer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Biden Administration continues to intentionally violate federal immigration laws and endanger all Americans, we continue to see the release of convicted felons, COVID-19 positive migrants, and record levels of dangerous drugs into cities across our country. These reckless policies are illegal, unconscionable and disgraceful. The Biden Administration must be held accountable. – Mark Brnovich	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Clearly, the detainees who were released by The Taliban at Bagram Air Base included a number of al Qaeda personalities, with whom I am very familiar, many of them were caught in joint military or CIA-supported operations and immediately transferred to Afghan custody upon which they were charged, convicted and put away. Those folks are force multipliers for the The Taliban, and they are likely to regroup what is left of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. – Douglas London	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I had a case who the guy was a convicted arsonist and they called me and said, ‘Hey, Mr. Feeley. One of our criteria is if the guy hasn’t been arrested in the past 10 years we need to let them go and we’d like you to release them.’ And I said, ‘I totally get what you’re saying, but… he’s been in prison for 12 years. That’s why he hasn’t been arrested.’ And the answer I got was, ‘We don’t really care,' and I had to cut him loose. – Thomas Feeley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
After the new DA takes over and during the prosecution, the DA uses those very damaging statements that Cosby made during his civil deposition… so what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially said was, 'Look, you can't do this.' Even though there was no formal immunity, Cosby reasonably relied on that statement declining prosecution when he gave his deposition in the civil case, which is why he was so open. cosby was convicted in 2018 based on evidence that is inadmissible. – The Pennsylvania	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Cosby was convicted in 2018 based on evidence that is inadmissible, he testified truthfully but he did so under the assumption that there would be no prosecution. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
At the same time, theoretically, Trevor Reed can be exchanged for one of the convicted Russian citizens in the United States for further serving Trevor Reed sentence in America. However, this issue is already outside of Reed's defence. – Victoria Buklova	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Earning additional credits can move up parole consideration of people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have served the full-term of the sentence for their primary offense, and who demonstrate that their release to the community would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community. – California Department	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Solitary confinement is a form of punishment that is cruel and psychologically damaging, and we’re talking about people who haven’t been convicted of anything yet. – Elizabeth Warren	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Getting rid of the death penalty is very important because there's always the grave risk that an innocent person can be convicted, it's a matter where people who are on death row can be executed by mistake. But also, I think it's a matter of the misapplication of the law and that the death penalty has been proven not to work to deter or prevent crime the way people hoped it would. – Fernando Bermudez	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I'm not dancing in the street yet. ... I'm kind of pessimistic about it, but I'm glad Derek Chauvin's convicted, and then we'll see what happens with the other pigs. – Akua Njeri	Found on CNN 3 years ago
My client is innocent, she has not had her day in court, she has not been convicted of anything. – Stacie Bilyeu	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We continue to be seriously concerned over the treatments of American citizens David Whelan and Trevor Reed. Both men traveled to Russia as tourists, were arrested, and were then convicted without credible evidence, we hope Russia will do the right thing and return them to their families in David Whelan. They have been deprived of their freedom for far too long. We'll continue to speak out on behalf of those cases. – Ned Price	Found on CNN 3 years ago
These are just allegations, these are just charges, dr. Derges hasn't been convicted of a thing and she is presumed innocent until, and if, she is — and that simply hasn't happened yet. – Stacie Bilyeu	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think it's pretty obvious from the vote today that it is extraordinarily unlikely that the president will be convicted. Just do the math. – Susan Collins	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There is no conclusive evidence, and there was a delay in the investigation, a delay in finding the accused, there were so many loopholes. The court convicted them because the case became a sensation. – Father Kottoor lawyer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I frankly don't understand why President Donald Trump would pardon someone who has yet to be convicted of a crime, except when it's in the national interest. – Dan McConchie	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

It was the right to self-defense on trial. If I was convicted, no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers, apparently to many people on the left, it is criminal to protect your community.

– Kyle Rittenhouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The shooter, Floyd Corkins, came into our building armed with a 9 mm pistol, two ammunition clips of 15 rounds in his front pocket, the rounds in the gun, and a box of 50 additional rounds, he also had 15 individually wrapped Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He was not puffing things up when he told the investigators that he intended ‘to kill as many people as [he] could.’ He shot our building manager, Leo Johnson, shattering the major bones of his left arm. Even after taking a bullet, Leo heroically tackled the shooter putting a stop to what would have been a mass murder. Corkins was later convicted of domestic terrorism in Washington, D.C.

– Jerry Boykin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That is not only prosecutorial misconduct sufficient to grant such a motion, but it is also a constitutional violation, conduct just like this is one of the more common reasons as to how innocent people get convicted and proven [innocent] through DNA technology years later.

– Los Angeles-based

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Kevin Strickland first trial resulted in a hung jury, with the sole Black juror refusing to convict, unfortunately, in Kevin Strickland second trial, which was to an all-White jury, Kevin Strickland was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.

– Robert Hoffman.Two

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I can’t understand how she can plead not guilty since she’s already been convicted of murdering her mom, the important thing about this is there is going to be a real trial. For us, this is a step in the right direction. I think it would be very helpful for everybody to understand the withheld information in relation to the case from Plato to NATO.

– Elliott Jacobson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Trials are dangerous and unpredictable … and innocent people get convicted all the time, so it’s quite possible that Kyle Rittenhouse could be convicted in this case based on that kind of rhetoric, despite the legal merits of the charges.

– Andrew Branca

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I didn’t think he would be convicted the first time around. I really believe in Scott’s innocence based on the evidence I had seen during the first trial. I truly don’t believe he got a fair trial because of all the publicity and all of the emotions and visceral reactions of him having an affair.

– Lara Yeretsian

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There's an exponentially higher number of people who are wrongfully sentenced than wrongfully convicted.

– Ross Kramer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Biden Administration continues to intentionally violate federal immigration laws and endanger all Americans, we continue to see the release of convicted felons, COVID-19 positive migrants, and record levels of dangerous drugs into cities across our country. These reckless policies are illegal, unconscionable and disgraceful. The Biden Administration must be held accountable.

– Mark Brnovich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Clearly, the detainees who were released by The Taliban at Bagram Air Base included a number of al Qaeda personalities, with whom I am very familiar, many of them were caught in joint military or CIA-supported operations and immediately transferred to Afghan custody upon which they were charged, convicted and put away. Those folks are force multipliers for the The Taliban, and they are likely to regroup what is left of al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

– Douglas London

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I had a case who the guy was a convicted arsonist and they called me and said, ‘Hey, Mr. Feeley. One of our criteria is if the guy hasn’t been arrested in the past 10 years we need to let them go and we’d like you to release them.’ And I said, ‘I totally get what you’re saying, but… he’s been in prison for 12 years. That’s why he hasn’t been arrested.’ And the answer I got was, ‘We don’t really care,' and I had to cut him loose.

– Thomas Feeley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

After the new DA takes over and during the prosecution, the DA uses those very damaging statements that Cosby made during his civil deposition… so what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially said was, 'Look, you can't do this.' Even though there was no formal immunity, Cosby reasonably relied on that statement declining prosecution when he gave his deposition in the civil case, which is why he was so open. cosby was convicted in 2018 based on evidence that is inadmissible.

– The Pennsylvania

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Cosby was convicted in 2018 based on evidence that is inadmissible, he testified truthfully but he did so under the assumption that there would be no prosecution.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At the same time, theoretically, Trevor Reed can be exchanged for one of the convicted Russian citizens in the United States for further serving Trevor Reed sentence in America. However, this issue is already outside of Reed's defence.

– Victoria Buklova

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Earning additional credits can move up parole consideration of people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have served the full-term of the sentence for their primary offense, and who demonstrate that their release to the community would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community.

– California Department

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Solitary confinement is a form of punishment that is cruel and psychologically damaging, and we’re talking about people who haven’t been convicted of anything yet.

– Elizabeth Warren

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Getting rid of the death penalty is very important because there's always the grave risk that an innocent person can be convicted, it's a matter where people who are on death row can be executed by mistake. But also, I think it's a matter of the misapplication of the law and that the death penalty has been proven not to work to deter or prevent crime the way people hoped it would.

– Fernando Bermudez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I'm not dancing in the street yet. ... I'm kind of pessimistic about it, but I'm glad Derek Chauvin's convicted, and then we'll see what happens with the other pigs.

– Akua Njeri

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My client is innocent, she has not had her day in court, she has not been convicted of anything.

– Stacie Bilyeu

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We continue to be seriously concerned over the treatments of American citizens David Whelan and Trevor Reed. Both men traveled to Russia as tourists, were arrested, and were then convicted without credible evidence, we hope Russia will do the right thing and return them to their families in David Whelan. They have been deprived of their freedom for far too long. We'll continue to speak out on behalf of those cases.

– Ned Price

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These are just allegations, these are just charges, dr. Derges hasn't been convicted of a thing and she is presumed innocent until, and if, she is — and that simply hasn't happened yet.

– Stacie Bilyeu

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I think it's pretty obvious from the vote today that it is extraordinarily unlikely that the president will be convicted. Just do the math.

– Susan Collins

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There is no conclusive evidence, and there was a delay in the investigation, a delay in finding the accused, there were so many loopholes. The court convicted them because the case became a sensation.

– Father Kottoor lawyer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I frankly don't understand why President Donald Trump would pardon someone who has yet to be convicted of a crime, except when it's in the national interest.

– Dan McConchie

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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