exculpatory
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Mayes also requested exculpatory evidence, as requested by defendant and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear another capital case with strikingly similar facts: Oklahoma may execute Richard Glossip despite a mountain of exculpatory evidence undermining his conviction, and objections by the state attorney general.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2024
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
Mitchell told the judge that for decades since Peterson’s 2004 trial, vital evidence connected to the conviction has been withheld and that prosecutors continue to thwart and delay the discovery of potentially exculpatory evidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
All of these recorded statements were typed, exculpatory, and favorable to Walter McMillian, and none of them had been disclosed to McMillian's attorneys, as was required.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing exculpatory
Just Mercy
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
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Legal Lingo, List 6
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