Conviction

Conviction

In law, a conviction is the verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.

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Famous quotes containing the word conviction:

    “What can be more soothing, at once to a man’s Pride, and to his Conscience, than the conviction that, in taking vengeance on his enemies for injustice done him, he has simply to do them justice in return?”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.”
    —Heywood Broun (1888–1939)