walks free
- acquittedDeclared legally innocent
- releasedSet free from confinement
- escapesActs of fleeing
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
- clearedFound not guilty
uncharged · verdict · innocent · courthouse · justice · charges dropped · not guilty · parole · bail · liberty · unpunished · scot-free · off the hook · dismissed · discharged · vindicated · liberated · loophole
physical confinement
walks freeimprisoned
Held in custody
locked up · incarcerated · jailed · behind bars · detained
accountability
walks freepays the price
Suffers deserved consequences
held accountable · brought to justice · faces the music · pays the piper