innocent
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"But you cannot repair suffering with an injustice: I am innocent," he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Inexplicable, indeed, to a justice like Sotomayor, who cannot bear the thought of executing the innocent.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
Brendan O'Hara, vice chair of the all-parliamentary group for arbitrary detention and hostage affairs, previously told the BBC the Foremans were "innocent victims of a geopolitical power struggle".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Had Sony prevailed, Cox might have had to terminate internet access for many innocent users to protect itself from lawsuits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
“What if he’s not an innocent kid, though?”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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