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exonerate

[ig-zon-uh-rayt] / ɪgˈzɒn əˌreɪt /


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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

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

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

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

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

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

Malcolm Alexander spent nearly 38 years in prison before being exonerated through DNA evidence in 2018.

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 Death Penalty Information Center reported that Walter was the fiftieth person to be exonerated in the modern era.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Only in 1906, after many twists, did the high court of appeal overturn the original verdict, exonerating Dreyfus.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

In 2013 the agency failed to review the file again, despite the Court of Appeal exonerating another man of rape in near-identical circumstances.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024

The Los Angeles Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal group with a reputation for exonerating wrongfully convicted criminals, is seeking to clear Peterson in the killings of Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

In exonerating Martinez and Pargas, Prado blamed the lack of leadership on the school district’s Police Department.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 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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