exonerate
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But in far more cases—especially controversial shootings—it captured the chain of events clearly enough for investigators to exonerate officers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
While it’s true, as EduBirdie told Salon, that many of the online influencers peddling the “tradwife” life are actually paid professionals who make money off creating content, this hypocrisy doesn’t exonerate them.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
The lack of a clear link between IQ scores and fluoride exposure below 1.5 mg/L “does not exonerate fluoride as a potential risk,” the editorial argued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 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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Thomas and Gorsuch expressed serious doubts that the statute actually exonerates platforms for “deliberately structuring” in a way that could “facilitate” illegal and dangerous activity.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
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
Body camera footage is more routinely made public, whether it exonerates the officers or raises questions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 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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Only once before has an executed person been exonerated posthumously by a state entity.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
These include cases in which the men were exonerated through DNA or blood evidence and others in which police are accused of fabricating evidence.
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
He alleged that the judge had ignored "clear evidence" that would have exonerated Boasiako.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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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Only in 1906, after many twists, did the high court of appeal overturn the original verdict, exonerating Dreyfus.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
“We have already uncovered exonerating evidence and this case will be dismissed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
They complained that taking a statement from Pycroft when he was still under the "shadow of prosecution for murder" meant he had a "powerful incentive" to give an account "implicating" Hutchinson and "exonerating himself".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
In exonerating Martinez and Pargas, Prado blamed the lack of leadership on the school district’s Police Department.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
On the urgent representations of the British envoy at Pekin, Governor Li was compelled to issue a proclamation exonerating Gordon from all complicity in the murder of the Wangs.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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