Acts 26:32
Agrippa said to Festus, "He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to the emperor."
Acts 28:18
After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.
Acts 25:11-12
If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I am not begging to keep from dying, but if there is nothing in the charges which these men make against me, no one can give me up as a favor to them. I appeal to the emperor."
Acts 25:25
But I found that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die; however, as he has himself appealed to his Majesty, I have decided to send him up.