exculpatory

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“If a police agency can withhold footage that’s incriminating but release footage that’s exculpatory, that isn’t transparency,” he added.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

That agreement also requires prosecutors to implement new policies to prevent the misuse of informants, maintain records and audits, and to disclose exculpatory evidence to criminal defendants involving snitches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Mayes also requested exculpatory evidence, as requested by defendant and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025

Other information was hidden from Glossip, too, including possible exculpatory DNA evidence from the crime scene, which has since been damaged.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2024

We would now have an opportunity to present Ralph Myers's new testimony and all the exculpatory evidence we'd discovered in police records that had never been disclosed.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson