This was five days before a deadline to pay a $20,000 fine from his 1970 conviction.

For the first time in his life, the writing seemed to flow from some inner need and conviction.

He had spoken from conviction, and without weighing the results first.

And he certainly did not act from deep religious conviction, for he had none.

An apology that does not come from conviction means less than nothing to me.

Many of his positions seem to come from a campaign playbook rather than conviction.

His principle of business was to "solve any assignment from best conviction".

The appeal was from his 1980 conviction for embezzling union money.

If the practice is introduced from a sense of obligation rather than conviction, the adverse effects on children are likely to be even greater.

"The only one who benefits from a wrongful conviction is a true criminal," he added.