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 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

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

To some people,they are nothing more than a harmless treat or a guilty pleasure to enjoy from time to time.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

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

Supporters in the senators' home states were told to write hundreds of letters demanding that Johnson be found guilty.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

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

Since the anti-trust law had been passed in eighteen ninety, few companies had been found guilty of violating it.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

They found him guilty. And they sentenced him to remain in a Union military prison until the end of the war.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

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

VOA: special.2009.12.01

He told the story of Roy Brown, who was found guilty of murder and who also attended the hearing.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

In nineteen sixty-eight, he was found guilty of plotting to aid men who were refusing to join the American armed forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

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

VOA: special.2009.12.14

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

VOA: special.2009.09.11