exonerate
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He died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1937, at the age of 82—four months before the ruling that would exonerate him of the fraud charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Anna, ironically, works for a nonprofit that seeks to exonerate the wrongly convicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
Recently, an effort has been launched to exonerate George Stinney.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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
"The report exonerates me of all responsibility," Almagro, who had seen the findings, told Reuters in an emailed statement.
From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 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
“A lot of people think that exonerates him from consequences, but I don’t think so,” she said, adding that she is opposed to his release from prison.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
I can think of no answer that exonerates me.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
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
During Duncan’s campaign last year for New Orleans criminal court clerk, Murrill sent him a letter threatening “further action from this office” if he didn’t stop referring to himself as being 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
At this point, Nixon wheeled round and point by point, having defined the terms of the argument to his satisfaction, exonerated himself.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Ten years later, a district court judge ruled that he was factually innocent and threw out his conviction, citing the suppression of exonerating evidence by police, among other factors.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 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
But just weeks before the retrial, she saw a link to a new podcast series aimed at "exonerating" Weinstein.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
Washington decided to issue the first executive clemency in 1795, exonerating “all persons guilty of the said treasons.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
One was the original document of the trader’s will; the other was an Australian Government paper, exonerating Mr. Adoniah Phillips.
From Captain Pott's Minister by Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper
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