Legal Lingo: Legal Lingo, List 2

In June 1923, Davis pleaded guilty to bribery and received a two-year sentence, but a few months later he was pardoned by the governor. Killers of the Flower Moon

Allen, Canty, and Ramseur also all had misdemeanor convictions, ranging from criminal mischief to petty larceny. The Tipping Point

The judge told Minerva if she tried one more time, she would be in contempt, and the sentence and fine would be increased. In the Time of the Butterflies

The official order arrived in the Monday mail: the execution was to be carried out within twenty-four hours. One Hundred Years of Solitude

I followed the bailiff into the courtroom and took the oath. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement

But nowhere in the Medical Examiner's testimony does he indicate who was responsible for that murder. Monster

“So there are ironies piled on ironies. The remedy here is imprisonment, and prisons are the ultimate incubators of antisocial attitudes.” The 57 Bus

I was then arrested without a warrant, and given no opportunity to call my lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom

With no means to pay off their “debts,” people in prisons were sold as forced laborers to lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, farms, plantations, and dozens of corporations throughout the South. The New Jim Crow

Federal Judge William E. Smith on May 9 rejected Hatch’s request to vacate his prison sentence.
– The San Diego Union-Tribune

“Very well. Let’s get on with it. Since the township cannot make payment in full at this time, then in accordance with public statute, the aforementioned tract of land is now open for public bids.” Moon Over Manifest

After my uncle died, I used the inheritance he left me to begin my hunt. The City Beautiful

But, as with many crimes against American Indians, the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders was confounding. Killers of the Flower Moon

If there is a reasonable doubt—then you must bring me a verdict of “not guilty.” Twelve Angry Men

For as long as she could remember, her own mother had always been busy with some committee or other, advocating for more school funding, more equity, more fairness, and bringing her young daughter along. Little Fires Everywhere

But the hearing had no sooner started than the prosecutor announced that the prison was withdrawing its case. Long Walk to Freedom

There was no precedent, he wrote, for a private organization to sue a state entity in his court. October Sky

“It’s Mr. Beiderman, and he’s not evicting us. He’s not renewing our lease,” Mama said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

The summons and charging document had been submitted on Tuesday, August 21, though word had not reached the Church and Reggie until a few days later, on Friday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age

Everyone who had a part in shutting off the flow of the Colorado River into California is facing criminal prosecution. Dry