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exonerate Verb [-ating, -ated] to clear (someone) of blame or a criminal charge [Latin exonerare to free from a burden] exoneration n
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Exonerations of death-row inmates, based on DNA and other evidence, have led to charges that the death penalty is too severe--and final--a punishment, given the possibility that innocent people could be executed. Some commentators speculated that class and ethnic biases fueled exonerations and acquittals, with jurors caring little about the sorts of residents involved in most deadly affrays. Bray criticized what he called the government's "rush to judgment" in detaining American Muslims, pointing to the recent exonerations of Army Chaplain James Yee and Oregon attorney Brandon Mayfield, both of whom witnessed high-profile cases against them eventually collapse. |
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