find (one) innocent

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find (one) innocent

To determine and declare in court that one is innocent of a crime. I don't know how the jury found him innocent, considering all the evidence against him.
See also: find, innocent
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The defence called to abolish the ruling of the Court of First Instance and asked the court to find him innocent of the crimes.
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The appeals court did not find him innocent of the charges, but it reduced his punishment to a fine of 50 million rials ($1,500).
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An innocent person will welcome any investigation as it would find him innocent, but a guilty person would avoid it because it would inexorably find him guilty.
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But the jury took less than an hour to find him innocent on both counts.
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There exists a principle within the court room that a person is 'innocent if not proven guilty'' in other words, if the prosecution cannot prove a man guilty beyond reasonable doubt then we shall find him innocent.
Letter: A matter of principle
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