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    The document discusses conviction in criminal law. It defines a conviction as the verdict when a court finds a defendant guilty of a crime. It notes that acquittals and non-proven verdicts are also possible in some legal systems. After a conviction, the court determines an appropriate sentence as punishment, and convictions can have long-term collateral consequences beyond the sentence. A minor conviction serves as a warning but does not otherwise affect the defendant.

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    For other senses of this word, see Conviction (disambiguation).
    "Convicted" redirects here. For other uses, see Convicted (disambiguation).

    Criminal procedure

    Criminal trials and convictions

    Rights of the accused

     Fair trial
     Pre-trial
     Speedy trial
     Jury trial
     Counsel
     Presumption of innocence
     Exclusionary rule1
     Self-incrimination
     Double jeopardy2

    Verdict

     Conviction
     Acquittal
     Not proven3
     Directed verdict

    Sentencing

     Mandatory
     Suspended
     Custodial
     Periodic
     Discharge
     Guidelines
     Totality5, 6
     Dangerous offender4, 5
     Capital punishment
     Execution warrant

     Cruel and unusual punishment


     Imprisonment
     Life imprisonment
     Indefinite imprisonment

    Post-sentencing

     Parole
     Probation
     Tariff 6
     Life licence6
     Miscarriage of justice
     Exoneration
     Pardon
     Sex offender registration
     Sexually violent predator legislation1

    Related areas of law

     Criminal defenses
     Criminal law
     Evidence
     Civil procedure

    Portals

     Law
     Criminal justice

     1
    US courts

     2
    Not in English/Welsh courts

     3
    Scottish courts

     4
    English/Welsh courts

     5
    Canadian courts

     6
    UK courts
     v
     t
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    In law, a conviction is the verdict that usually results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of
    a crime.[1] The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal (that is, "not guilty"). In Scotland and in
    the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal. There are
    also cases in which the court orders that a defendant not be convicted, despite being found guilty; in
    England, Wales, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand the mechanism for this is a discharge.
    For a host of reasons, the criminal justice system is not perfect: sometimes guilty defendants are
    acquitted, while innocent people are convicted. Appeal mechanisms and post conviction relief
    procedures may mitigate the effects of a conviction to some extent. An error which results in the
    conviction of an innocent person is known as a miscarriage of justice.
    After a defendant is convicted, the court determines the appropriate sentence as a punishment.
    Furthermore, the conviction may lead to results beyond the terms of the sentence itself. Such
    ramifications are known as the collateral consequences of criminal charges.
    A minor conviction is a warning conviction, and it does not affect the defendant but does serve as
    a warning.[citation needed]
    A history of convictions are called antecedents, known colloquially as "previous" in the United
    Kingdom, and "priors" in the United States and Australia. The history of convictions also shows that
    a minor law conviction can be prosecuted as any individual's punishment.

    See also[edit]
     Directed verdict

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