exonerated
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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
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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