innocent
Example Sentences
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The Minnesota resident preferred not to speculate about whether Mangione had committed a crime and noted that, under the law, he is innocent until proven guilty.
She questioned the need for the drug-boat strikes and raised the possibility of innocent people being killed without any evidence of wrongdoing.
Deeming the offence minor, prosecutors had filed a summary indictment, but the driver insisted he was innocent and requested a formal trial.
From Barron's
People may think “I want to help this innocent animal” rather than focus on looks, said Lee.
Cox says it doesn’t want to cut off hundreds of thousands of people who may be innocent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
