if the jury acquits him, he is guiltless in the eyes of the law
Recent Examples on the WebMany fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023 In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021 So hats (halos?) off to you, Mr. Woolverton, and may the binge-watching, pint-guzzling, relatively guiltless movie marathons commence.—Susie Neilson, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
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