innocent
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So, why would an innocent prisoner seek compassionate release?
From Slate • May 29, 2026
Before the trial, his lawyer said Daniel was innocent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In an address to Parliament in April, Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer described the pair as "innocent tourists" and called their case an "injustice".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The evil was not merely that searches occurred but that the government treated entire populations as searchable first and innocent later.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
But Morse definitely suspected that whatever had happened in the Gulf, the Americans were hardly innocent bystanders.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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