4 Metaphors for acquittal

" Judge Babson turned ferociously upon Mr. Tutt: "This acquittal is a blot upon the administration of criminal justice; a disgrace to the city!

To these people the acquittal of Holymead was a foregone conclusion.

His acquittal in the blasphemy prosecution of Saturday was but the latest of a number of encounters in which he has succeeded in turning the tables upon his opponents in the most decisive fashion.

But in regard to the other, an acquittal is a matter of personal prowess, of professional triumph, and possibly of well simulated feeling.

4 Metaphors for  acquittal