Convict
noun
A person declared guilty of a crime by a court.
The convict was sentenced to two years in prison.
Often appears as...
- released convict
- hardened convict
verb
To declare someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
The jury convicted him of theft.
Often appears as...
- convict of crime
- wrongly convict
noun
A person declared guilty of a crime by a court.
The convict was sentenced to two years in prison.
Often appears as...
- released convict
- hardened convict
verb
To declare someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
The jury convicted him of theft.
Often appears as...
- convict of crime
- wrongly convict
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Pro Tip 1/3Human Dignity
Use 'convict' with awareness of human dignity. It labels a person by their crime.
After serving his time, the convict became an advocate for reform.
Pro Tip 2/3Stigma Attached
'Convict' carries a stigma; it is often associated with a loss of reputation.
The community had a hard time accepting the released convict.
Pro Tip 3/3Before vs After
'Convict' refers to individuals after sentencing, not at the time of arrest.
He became a convict once the sentence was declared.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Dignity
Use 'convict' with awareness of human dignity. It labels a person by their crime.
After serving his time, the convict became an advocate for reform.
Pro Tip 2/3Stigma Attached
'Convict' carries a stigma; it is often associated with a loss of reputation.
The community had a hard time accepting the released convict.
Pro Tip 3/3Before vs After
'Convict' refers to individuals after sentencing, not at the time of arrest.
He became a convict once the sentence was declared.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Dignity
Use 'convict' with awareness of human dignity. It labels a person by their crime.
After serving his time, the convict became an advocate for reform.
Pro Tip 2/3Stigma Attached
'Convict' carries a stigma; it is often associated with a loss of reputation.
The community had a hard time accepting the released convict.
Pro Tip 3/3Before vs After
'Convict' refers to individuals after sentencing, not at the time of arrest.
He became a convict once the sentence was declared.
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"The Nutritionist" by...
So let me tell you I know there are days it looks like the whole world is dancing in the streets when you break down like the doors of their looted buildings You are not alone and wondering who will be convicted of the crime of insisting you keep loading your grief into the chamber of your shame You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
And I began giving her my rap. "We're trying to challenge injustice. We're trying to help people who have been wrongly convicted. We're trying to confront bias and discrimination in the administration of criminal justice. We're trying to end life without parole sentences for children. We're trying to do something about the death penalty.
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The freakonomics of...
So for comparison's purposes, let's think about some other walk of life you may expect might be extremely risky. Let's say that you were a murderer and you were convicted of murder, and you're sent to death row. It turns out, the death rates on death row from all causes, including two percent a year.
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Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
And subsequently charged and then convicted. So this was somebody who was was it someone who had quite a big following on Instagram? Was it just a random Instagram account? I think they did. They had quite a large following and they decided to branch out into a fashion brand.
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Taryn Simon photographs...
to which he's never been, but changed his life forever. So photographing there, I was hoping to highlight the tenuous relationship between truth and fiction, in both his life and in photography. Calvin Washington was convicted of capital murder.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow good and bad, innocent and guilty. Injustice is about being wrongfully convicted. So if you're convicted of something you did do,
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The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
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You aren't at the mercy...
was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Now, when a jury has to make the decision between life in prison and the death penalty, they base their decision largely on whether or not the defendant
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Where foreign laws and...
committed the murders to justify ordering their extradition but there was one potential and very important obstacle and that was if ultimately convicted burns and rafi could be
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Prison Predators PIPE...
and drugs well that's the life of a convict you got to survive in this institution and basically survive when you're not free is by all means then and
Video examples
"The Nutritionist" by...
So let me tell you I know there are days it looks like the whole world is dancing in the streets when you break down like the doors of their looted buildings You are not alone and wondering who will be convicted of the crime of insisting you keep loading your grief into the chamber of your shame You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy
Video examples
Bryan Stevenson: We need...
And I began giving her my rap. "We're trying to challenge injustice. We're trying to help people who have been wrongly convicted. We're trying to confront bias and discrimination in the administration of criminal justice. We're trying to end life without parole sentences for children. We're trying to do something about the death penalty.
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
So for comparison's purposes, let's think about some other walk of life you may expect might be extremely risky. Let's say that you were a murderer and you were convicted of murder, and you're sent to death row. It turns out, the death rates on death row from all causes, including two percent a year.
Video examples
Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
And subsequently charged and then convicted. So this was somebody who was was it someone who had quite a big following on Instagram? Was it just a random Instagram account? I think they did. They had quite a large following and they decided to branch out into a fashion brand.
Video examples
Taryn Simon photographs...
to which he's never been, but changed his life forever. So photographing there, I was hoping to highlight the tenuous relationship between truth and fiction, in both his life and in photography. Calvin Washington was convicted of capital murder.
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow good and bad, innocent and guilty. Injustice is about being wrongfully convicted. So if you're convicted of something you did do,
Video examples
The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Now, when a jury has to make the decision between life in prison and the death penalty, they base their decision largely on whether or not the defendant
Video examples
Where foreign laws and...
committed the murders to justify ordering their extradition but there was one potential and very important obstacle and that was if ultimately convicted burns and rafi could be
Video examples
Prison Predators PIPE...
and drugs well that's the life of a convict you got to survive in this institution and basically survive when you're not free is by all means then and
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Quote examples
Leandra Medine
American Author
As long as you are promoting something that you really believe in - yes, it's incredible to see that designer earn the esteem they deserve - but there's something to be said about the fact that if you're convicted about an opinion, and you really believe something's great, you're not going to credit yourself for their success.
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Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Legal aid is crucial in ensuring those truly guilty of crimes are convicted after due process, and those innocent are able to clear their names, by ensuring that access to legal representation is available for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
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Kool Moe Dee
American Musician
I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault.
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Duane Chapman
American Celebrity
And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand.
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Tupac Shakur
American Rapper
I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
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George Jackson
American Activist
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
Those parts of myself that are too ugly or dangerous are precisely the things I feel convicted to share.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.
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Raquel Welch
American Actress
Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
Quote examples
Leandra Medine
American Author
As long as you are promoting something that you really believe in - yes, it's incredible to see that designer earn the esteem they deserve - but there's something to be said about the fact that if you're convicted about an opinion, and you really believe something's great, you're not going to credit yourself for their success.
Quote examples
Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Legal aid is crucial in ensuring those truly guilty of crimes are convicted after due process, and those innocent are able to clear their names, by ensuring that access to legal representation is available for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
Quote examples
Kool Moe Dee
American Musician
I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault.
Quote examples
Duane Chapman
American Celebrity
And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand.
Quote examples
Tupac Shakur
American Rapper
I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
Quote examples
George Jackson
American Activist
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
Those parts of myself that are too ugly or dangerous are precisely the things I feel convicted to share.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.
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Raquel Welch
American Actress
Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
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