She gave them a chance to choose," "This is why I am here, this why so many tens of thousands of people are here, because we want to show Saylan we appreciated her, we love her and despite all the work she has done she was treated as a guilty person by the state, and we do not approve of that."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

A week later, he pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving an accident and was given a two-month suspended sentence.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Second,he could not be guilty of plotting a slave rebellion, because he had never incited slaves against their owners.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Jurors must find a defendant not guilty even if they are not completely sure the person is innocent of any crime.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Jurors only need to have a "reasonable doubt" a reasonable question in their mind that the person is guilty as charged.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The trial found high school teacher John Scopes guilty of violating a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

First,they said, he could not be guilty of treason against Virginia, because he was not a citizen of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

A Pfizer division, Pharmacia & Upjohn, agreed to plead guilty to a criminal violation over the painkiller Bextra.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

He decreed that anyone found guilty of using the word Frisco must pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

He did not answer the charges himself but his lawyers entered a plea of not guilty.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

It is also a warning that no one will be protected from being found guilty.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Of the eight, only one was found guilty, and only in a very limited way.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

A jury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty of lying to investors.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

A person receives a bum rap if he is found guilty of a crime.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and received a suspended sentence.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

A grand jury found him not guilty of any crime.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

A judge found Coxey guilty of violating public property.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

The arrests came as a Pakistani-American,David Headley, pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in a U.S.court in Chicago on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

He was found guilty by a Paris court of laundering about $2 million worth of illegal drug money.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

The prosecution had argued that Kasab changed his plea from innocent to guilty to secure a more-lenient sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Non-stop media coverage climaxed on June 22,when Chris Brown pleaded guilty to a charge of felony assault.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"I don't think anyone disputes that. Hasn't he been offering and begging to plead guilty in his military commissions trial for a long time?

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

it says clearly that Israel is guilty of massive human rights violations and a number of crimes that are already listed in a mandate,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

There were indirect references to those problems. Sheila Jackson Lee, a U.S.congresswoman from Texas, reminded mourners that under the law, people are innocent unless proven guilty.

VOA: standard.2009.07.07

The government denies the charges. Many of the demonstrators, like Ridwan Laodabone with a Muslim student organization, already consider the vice president and finance minister guilty.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Posner says the UN Council is guilty of engaging in a double standard.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03