English-Finnish translations for not guilty

• syytön
  Me emme ole täällä saadaksemme selville, onko Cesare Battisti syyllinen tai syytön. We are not here to find out whether Cesare Battisti is guilty or not guilty.
  Kuitenkin vain syyllinen voi pyytää armahtamistaan, ja Yawovi Agboyibo on syytön. In fact only someone who is guilty can apply for a pardon and Yawovi Agboyibo is not guilty.
  Vastuullinen mutta syytön" on ilmaisu, jota ryhmäni vastustaa ja jota itsekin vastustan. 'Responsible but not guilty' is a formula we reject, and one that I reject personally.
• syyttömyys
• vapauttava päätös

Definition of not guilty

• A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged
• A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged
• A member of a jury or tribunal supporting acquittal, or a vote cast in support of acquittal
• A person who has been acquitted of a crime
• Of a person, ''legally'innocent of a crime which they have been accused of in a court of law
• Innocent

Examples

• If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.
• He was found not guilty because there was a reasonable doubt.
• The jury said he was not guilty. I knew he wouldnt have done something like that.

Related words

• not begun
• innocent not guilty not proven
• find not guilty
• Huguenot
• Huguenotism
• figure-eight knot
• figure-of-eight knot
• regulating notch
• fair language grates not the tongue