exoneration
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Beyond some states’ move away from capital punishment, factors include more-robust defense counsel, fewer death sentences from juries and the exoneration of more than 200 condemned inmates, DPI Executive Director Robin Maher said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The assistant district attorney assigned to the case spoke to jurors in terms that seemed to guarantee Mulholland’s exoneration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But the U.S. attorney’s office didn’t issue a public exoneration, and officials suggested they could restart the investigation at any time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
But the sheer number of Spacey’s accusers suggests that his acquittal was hardly an exoneration.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2025
Although most of the credit for my exoneration must be given to Dr. Aurelius, who apparently earned his naps by presenting me as a hopeless, shell-shocked lunatic.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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