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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

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

Our attention then returns to the original flashpoint in a way that should, in some respects, exonerate Glaude’s teacher.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

But then I remember that Caleb is still there, because he was a well-known lackey of Jeanine Matthews, and the factionless will never exonerate him.

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

"The report exonerates me of all responsibility," Almagro, who had seen the findings, told Reuters in an emailed statement.

From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2023

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

I can think of no answer that exonerates me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Only once before has an executed person been exonerated posthumously by a state entity.

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

That review, which was reported in 2011, exonerated the pilots of any blame but did not give a conclusion on the cause of the crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

My dad glanced at my mom and for one delirious second I thought I was off the hook, that somehow I’d exonerated myself, and that we could all just go back to business as usual.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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

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 audit suggested exonerating her of the policy violation because she “only acted under extreme circumstances and because of her actions she provided valuable assets to the officers and valuable information in identifying the shooter.”

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024

She repeated her sad story precisely as she had done before, entirely exonerating the bandit chief and throwing the whole weight of the crime upon the shoulders of the Viscount Massetti.

From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg