Americans, perhaps because they have a guilty conscience, think of the IRS as being omniscient.
It dares you to laugh, and it becomes almost a guilty pleasure to do so.
It may not result in a guilty verdict against Cohen, but it would sure help Martoma.
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Mr. Baldwin made a deal and entered a guilty plea, while Mr. Snipes went to trial.
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For many Americans, watching "Downton Abbey" must be like indulging in a guilty passion.
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At least one member of the jury voted against a guilty verdict, forcing a retrial.
When arrested, aged just 20, he was treated like a guilty criminal, he says.
The jury did not believe his claims and took a few hours to return a guilty verdict.
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He says this earnestly, as if he's describing a guilty pleasure he wishes he could enjoy more.
Even a guilty verdict may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory, as Mahathir himself has acknowledged.
For an eater suffering from a guilty conscience, a spoonful of vitamins makes the fattening food go down.
First, what will be the marketplace impact of a guilty plea by a subsidiary of an American bank?
Greed and success, let alone a guilty verdict, have already pushed Goldman Sachs into a kind of prison.
Thus, a two-thirds majority vote needed for a guilty verdict has never been a likely outcome of the trial.
Mr Bove said at the time he would appeal against a guilty verdict.
This veil of secrecy may encourage employees of a guilty company to come forward without fear of immediate reprisals.
Slovakia no longer has the death penalty, so a guilty verdict against Mr Csatary would probably mean life imprisonment.
Basically, a guilty pleasure is a fix in the form of a story.
But Army rules prohibit a judge from accepting a guilty plea to charges that could result in a death sentence.
Eating ice-cream is a guilty pleasure, but now you can truly enjoy your favorite flavor and feel good about yourself.
Nonetheless, the presiding judge, Steven McAuliffe, gave instructions to the jury that virtually begged for a guilty verdict against Tobin.
They know that that the prosecutor will bargain down to something far less in order to get a guilty plea.
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An aide to the judge stepped down after alleging that the judge had been pressured to issue a guilty plea.
Recently, we prosecuted and received a guilty plea from a detainee, al-Marri, in federal court after years of legal confusion.
But for fans of Carell and Binoche, who are paired with some success here, the film may prove a guilty pleasure.
Jurors delivered a guilty verdict and Spector faces between 15 years and life imprisonment when he is sentenced on 29 May.
Although quick verdicts where jurors don't look at the defendant can suggest a guilty verdict, prosecutors weren't predicting what it meant.
Without that option, he said the defense could seek to enter a guilty plea in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
If the USADA investigation culminates in a guilty finding for Garcia del Moral, that could taint his reputation as a sports-medicine physician.
The Home Office estimates up to 95% of rapes are never reported and only 6.5% result in a guilty plea or verdict.
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