chance of acquittal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchanceandacquittal
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chance
noun
uk/tʃɑːns/us/tʃæns/
an occasion that allows something to ...
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acquittal
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈkwɪt.əl/us/əˈkwɪt̬.əl/
the decision of a court that someone is ...
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(Definition ofchanceandacquittalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Not proven has some backers among the legal fraternity and among the criminal fraternity, because it increases thechanceofacquittalin a difficult case.
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That is the argument that appearance before a court gives an innocent child—using "innocent" in the technical sense—achanceofacquittal.
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Then it is said that if he is tried over again he will not have the leastchanceofacquittal.
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When they are caught and fight the case in court by pleading not guilty, there is a fifty-fiftychanceofacquittal.
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He is then brought before a court on a plea of not guilty and has a 50–50chanceofacquittal.
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Some people suggest that defendants should have a right to trial by jury because that gives them a betterchanceofacquittal.
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He will know that judicious silence in face of questions from the police will significantly impede their investigations and improve hischanceofacquittal.
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If, on the other hand, the accused person is to be believed, he has a very reasonablechanceofacquittal.
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Whatchanceofacquittaldoes he have then if he seeks to dissociate himself from a statement made under duress?
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And the result is that the statistics show that in second trials the chances of conviction are twice thechanceofacquittal.
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The second objective was said to be that defendants believed that there would be a betterchanceofacquittalas they thought that the trial process would be fairer.
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One reason may be the realisation that there is no largechanceofacquittalbefore any court and it is simpler to get the thing dealt with straight away.
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No one would deny that the chances of acquittal are higher at a jury trial.
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If he employs an advocate, his chances of acquittal may be increased.
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I do not think the litigant in person—by doing it that way—necessarily increases his chances of acquittal.
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Provided he keeps silent and does not make a statement his chances of acquittal are very considerable.
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I am as yet very far from convinced that not being able to cross-examine in person is likely to diminish the accused's chances of acquittal.
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Without adding a confession to the evidence against himself, he enhances his chances of acquittal.
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