exoneration
Example Sentences
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Salaam, who was 15 years old when his life was upended, was imprisoned for six years and eight months before his exoneration.
From Salon
Yet it is one of the case’s painful ironies that to this day it is the arrest and not the ultimate exoneration that is remembered.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, Mr. Andrews has been supported by a community of other people who have been exonerated in Ohio or who are still seeking exoneration.
From New York Times
“A one-sided inquiry behind closed doors proves nothing, and it certainly is not an ‘exoneration,’ ” Roberts wrote.
From Washington Post
“A one-sided inquiry behind closed doors proves nothing, and it WAS NOT an ‘exoneration.’
From Washington Times
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