exonerate
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These numbers exonerate this summer’s usual suspects of the long-run crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
Our attention then returns to the original flashpoint in a way that should, in some respects, exonerate Glaude’s teacher.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025
Hank’s not wrong that a man in his defensive crouch can’t exonerate himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“All you have to do is come up with a lie that will exonerate both Christina and Cara, and then tell it under truth serum.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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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
While this story might be basically accurate, I don’t think it exonerates SBF the way he seems to think it does.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
In their early exchanges, the two discussed the death of George Floyd a month earlier, and the Innocence Project, which exonerates wrongfully convicted individuals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
I can think of no answer that exonerates me.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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“Our life as we knew it is done,” Gilbert said, adding that she believed Busfield would be exonerated.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
We know that over the past half-century, more than 200 people have been exonerated after having been sentenced to die, and scholars estimate that 4 percent of those sentenced to death are innocent.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 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
The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne said she had been "exonerated" of the accusation that she had "deliberately sought to avoid tax".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The evidence confirmed his innocence and Mr. Hinton became the 152nd person in America exonerated and proved innocent after having been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Brian Atlas of the “Whatever” podcast posted a video of the alleged victim drinking with Peters, as if it were exonerating evidence instead of bolstering the criminal case against him.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Only in 1906, after many twists, did the high court of appeal overturn the original verdict, exonerating Dreyfus.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
When legislation automatically exonerating victims came into force in June the justice secretary said they had “waited too long for justice” and she would write to those affected.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Peterson’s attempt to clear his name is now backed by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal group with a reputation for exonerating wrongfully convicted criminals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Voltaire concurs with the Duc de Noailles in exonerating her from the charge of having instigated the revocation and applauded its results.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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