61.   It is also easier than winning criminal convictions, they argue, which require a higher standard of proof.

62.   It was the first time the court had used the Eighth Amendment to overturn a state criminal conviction.

63.   Janet Spears emphasizes that Anthony never had a criminal conviction before the murder.

64.   Jacobowitz also noted that tenants could be evicted even if the accusations of drug-related activity did not lead to criminal convictions.

65.   Joseph has several criminal convictions, police said.

66.   Last year, federal inspectors repeated warnings that airport and airline employees with criminal convictions were routinely skirting background checks to obtain top-security clearances.

67.   Like all IRS employees, Czubinski had a background investigation before he was hired, which would have searched for past criminal convictions and little else, she said.

68.   Lynch also told the judge that while Snell had no criminal convictions, he had a record of three court defaults which his attorney explained were due to misunderstandings.

69.   Loeb said his experience with witnesses had led him to question the reliability of criminal convictions based on eyewitness identifications.

70.   More significantly, the change will assure that every would-be citizen is screened by the FBI for criminal convictions or arrests.