Possible Clues:

• Interact badly with jury, finally producing conviction
• Banker sorting in-tray, etc
• Unusually tiny trace, no doubt
• Conviction ... or what's almost required for a conviction
• It's a sure thing
• Foregone conclusion
• Something definite
• Church really gutted about blemish -- that's inevitable
• Revise a city rent that's bound to bring better profit
• A city rent is ridiculous? Sure thing