murder conviction
Killer found guilty
A murder conviction is a formal legal judgment finding someone guilty of unlawfully killing another person.
The phrase appears in news reports, court records, and discussions of criminal justice: His murder conviction was overturned on appeal.
A conviction may follow a guilty plea or a trial verdict, and carries severe penalties including lengthy prison sentences or, in some jurisdictions, death.
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- guilty verdictCourt's culpability determination
- beyond reasonable doubtStandard for criminal conviction
- verdictOfficial court decision
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
prison sentence · criminal trial · trial · jury · prison · homicide · manslaughter · defendant · courtroom · evidence · crime scene · prosecutor · life sentence · serving time · appeal · cold case · death row · death penalty
- homicide lawhomicide, manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, justifiable homicide
- verdictsguilty verdict, guilty, not guilty, acquitted, innocent
- capital punishmentdeath penalty, execution, death row, death sentence, lethal injection
murder convictionacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
not guilty verdict · exoneration · charges dropped · dismissal · case dismissed
murder convictioncharges dropped
clean record · vindication · absolution · immunity from prosecution
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