wrongfully
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In March 2023 Mr. Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for this newspaper, was wrongfully detained and charged with espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Both Gershkovich and his employer vehemently denied he was a spy and the US State Department labeled him "wrongfully detained."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He’d been stunned by his star’s nearly centurylong sentence and came away from a review of the case suspecting that Walters may have been wrongfully convicted.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A Los Angeles County man will soon be freed from state prison where he spent 12 years after being wrongfully convicted of shooting two men in Lynwood in 2013, prosecutors said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
I could see Stick as a lawyer, making speeches like Father, or like the ones on TV who defend wrongfully accused people.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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