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But in far more cases—especially controversial shootings—it captured the chain of events clearly enough for investigators to exonerate officers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"We must not exonerate from all responsibility the seven decades that followed independence," he told the magazine, calling on African leaders to improve governance.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Sapna also questioned why it took four years to exonerate Sougat when his DNA sample did not match the profile found at the crime scene.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

While it’s true, as EduBirdie told Salon, that many of the online influencers peddling the “tradwife” life are actually paid professionals who make money off creating content, this hypocrisy doesn’t exonerate them.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

“That isn’t her doing,” Lazlo said, not to dismiss the threat, but at least to exonerate Sarai.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Telles told the AP during a February 2023 jail interview that he had evidence that exonerates him, but he declined to produce it.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

An Oklahoma judge exonerates a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison on murder charges, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of the crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

He said in a statement earlier this week that he believed the report "exonerates me of all responsibility."

From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023

Body camera footage is more routinely made public, whether it exonerates the officers or raises questions.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

I can think of no answer that exonerates me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

A California man who spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit has been exonerated, clearing the way for his release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Only once before has an executed person been exonerated posthumously by a state entity.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

When Duncan filed for compensation in 2023, Murrill issued a threat, Duncan said during a recent legislative hearing: drop the claim or she would charge him with perjury for falsely saying he was exonerated.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

It pointed to a recent decision by the High Court in London that largely exonerated Renault and four other carmakers from charges that the devices were designed to cheat clean air laws.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

I wanted him to know that we had dramatic new evidence of innocence that exonerated Walter and that justice demanded his immediate release.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Only in 1906, after many twists, did the high court of appeal overturn the original verdict, exonerating Dreyfus.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

Parliament later passed a law exonerating all those who had been convicted.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025

The Los Angeles Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal group with a reputation for exonerating wrongfully convicted criminals, is seeking to clear Peterson in the killings of Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

The audit suggested exonerating her of the policy violation because she “only acted under extreme circumstances and because of her actions she provided valuable assets to the officers and valuable information in identifying the shooter.”

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024

An inquiry was opened on January 6th, 1863, as to the conduct of the lifeboat crew, and adjourned to the 12th, when a resolution was adopted exonerating them from blame.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie