innocent
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Before the trial, his lawyer said Daniel was innocent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
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 constitutional question raised by Chatrie is not simply whether one warrant went too far, but whether the government may use mass reservoirs of innocent people’s data as searchable terrain for criminal investigation.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
It was so perfect that even I, who had just seen twelve people eating here, could scarcely believe this was anything but an innocent old man dining with his daughters.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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