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  • 31involuntary plea of guilty — A plea of guilty made under such inducements as would cause an innocent person to confess guilt. Pennington v Smith, 35 Wash 2d 267, 212 P2d 811 …

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  • 32leave a person all on his own — • to leave a person to his own devices • to leave a person all on his own (from Idioms in Speech) to leave him alone to do what he wishes, giving him no help or advice He left us to our own devices; he didn t give a damn how the work was done as… …

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  • 33leave a person to his own devices — • to leave a person to his own devices • to leave a person all on his own (from Idioms in Speech) to leave him alone to do what he wishes, giving him no help or advice He left us to our own devices; he didn t give a damn how the work was done as… …

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  • 34disorderly person — Law. a person guilty of disorderly conduct. [1735 45] * * * …

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  • 35suspect a person of murder — believe a person is guilty of homicide …

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  • 36disorderly person — /dɪsˌɔdəli ˈpɜsən/ (say dis.awduhlee persuhn) noun a person guilty of disorderly conduct or of separate offences as loitering in public, vagrancy, etc …

  • 37innocent until proven guilty — principle of law holding that a person is innocent unless evidence is presented that demonstrates his guilt …

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  • 38the guilty party — the person or people who have done something wrong …

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  • 39List of miscarriage of justice cases — Main article: Miscarriage of justice This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases. This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later found to be innocent of the crime and has received either an official exoneration, or a consensus …

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  • 40convict — con·vict 1 /kən vikt/ vt [Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com with, together + vincer to conquer]: to find guilty of a criminal offense was convict ed of fraud compare acquit con·vict 2 / kän ˌvikt/ …

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