La naissance de la justice en débat : représentations contemporaines du procès d’Oreste by Claire Lechevalier

“…Aeschylus’ Oresteia, staging the trial of Orestes by a popular court and ending with his acquittal, appears in modern times as the origin both of the theatre and of justice and democracy, after the reign of revenge. …”
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« Petty treason » dans son contexte : genre et verdicts dans les procès pour meurtre entre conjoints aux assises du tribunal d’Old Bailey à Londres, Angleterre, 1674-1790 by Andrea McKenzie

“…We will see that in practice, however, the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London courts tended to treat petty treason like any other homicide, with attenuating factors such as provocation and good character taken into account and often leading to manslaughter verdicts or acquittal. This article aims to shed light on the experience of women accused of spouse murder by placing them in a larger context, comparing their trials to those of men accused of murdering wives or common-law partners, and exploring the relationship between gender, class and credibility, verdicts and ultimate punishments.…”
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Evaluation and assessment of the constitutionality of penitentiary decisions, in the light of the introduction of the penitentiary credit system by Ágnes Czine

“…Findings: According to the Section 27 (1) of the Act on the Constitutional Court, the decision on the merits, i.e. the decision on the substance of the charge and the decision on criminal responsibility, or the decision on the guilt and the acquittal, can be the subject of a constitutional complaint. …”
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Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan’s Lay Judge System by David T. Johnson

“…By the end of 2010, lay judge panels had made five capital decisions, resulting in one life sentence, three death sentences, and one acquittal.This article examines a series of recent death penalty judgments under Japan's new lay judge system.…”
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The Conflicting Soviet Responses to the Lausanne Process (1922-1924) by R. Matos Franco

“…The process involved the trial of Russian émigrés Moritz Conradi and Arkadii Polunin, who were accused of murdering Vatslav Vatslavovich Vorovskii, the Soviet representative in Italy and head of the delegation to the Lausanne Conference, on May 10, 1923. The acquittal of Conradi and Polunin by a Swiss jury on November 16, 1923, under the verdict of "not guilty," as they were seen as avenging victims of Soviet repression, had a significant impact on the Russian emigration. …”
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#BlackLivesMatter: by Nusrat Jahan

“…It has redefined, extended, and dislocated white supremacist narratives about time, culture, history, violence, and racism, taking an interesting stance on the social media hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, after the movement Black Lives Matter was born following George Zimmerman's acquittal in Trayvon Martin's shooting murder in 2012. …”
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O.J. Simpson - århundrets straffesak i USA. Noen refleksjoner fra TV-stolen by Ståle Eskeland

“…In cases of unjustifiable violence, acquittals on other grounds than lack of evidence undermines the jury institution.…”
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Crony Capitalism and Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa by Fatih Kırşanlı

“…Lastly, in Yemen, certain tribes, families, and acquittances of Saleh dominated the Yemeni economy. After the Arab protests, all of these countries changed their regimes except Syria, where the demonstrations ignited a civil war. …”
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