guilty
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Murrell, the Scottish National Party’s former chief executive, pleaded guilty last month to taking the £400,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
It was, she wrote, “a retort to all the eye-rollers,” including herself, who dismissed his work “as, at best, a guilty pleasure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Umar Ben Yusaf was found not guilty of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
US media reported that Lander was found not guilty following a one-day trial in Manhattan as the judge found no evidence of deliberate obstruction.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
He was released, and the police were forced to admit that their prime suspect had been someone guilty only of looking at art in an art museum.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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