John Grisham

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.

American Writer

S.E. Cupp

For one, as I've written before, the death penalty is plainly unjust. When the number of wrongful convictions and death penalty cases that are eventually exonerated number in the hundreds, if not thousands, we can not call it a moral system.

American Journalist

Richard LaGravenese

How do you survive living in a cell knowing you are innocent? Many of those exonerated whom I have met seem to have a more benign, grateful attitude toward life than those of us who walk free. Many find a religious or spiritual stronghold.

Kayleigh McEnany

Neither an almost $35 million Mueller investigation, ending in an exonerating report, nor a sham impeachment effort could deter Trump from moving forward with the business of the American people.

American Public Servant

Peter B. Lewis

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

American Businessman

Mohit Raina

I am sure the audience that looks on me as a Mahadev knows that at the end of the day, I am an actor playing a God. But that doesn't exonerate me from a social responsibility.

Indian Actor

T. D. Jakes

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

American Clergyman

Paul Begala

Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.

Jane Leavy

For Mantle, the Yankees' locker room was a sanctuary, a safe haven where he was understood, accepted and, when necessary, exonerated.

Brian Banks

To make a 53-man roster would be a huge accomplishment - right up there with getting exonerated for a crime I didn't commit.

American Athlete

Typically used in legal situations to describe a formal legal decision.

Legal Context

'Exonerate' doesn't just mean innocent. It means proven not responsible for a crime.

Not Just Innocence

Indicates a total removal of blame, not just a reduction of suspicion.

Complete Clearance

 he didn't commit he was ultimately exonerated at the age of 78 through DNA evidence and what did he have to say about his experience I don't have one minutes regret it was a glorious experience glorious this guy is not saying why are some nice guys there too Jim its glorious a word we usually

The surprising science...

 like, "Well, all you've really shown, Picquart, is that there's another spy who learned how to mimic Dreyfus's handwriting, and he picked up the torch of spying after Dreyfus left. But Dreyfus is still guilty." Eventually, Picquart managed to get Dreyfus exonerated.

Why you think you're...

 for the unpaid debts that this country owes to its black residents. And it comes due usually every 20 to 30 years. It was Ferguson just six years ago, but about 30 years before that, it was in the streets of Los Angeles, after the verdict that exonerated the police

The path to ending...

 of rape, kidnapping and vehicle theft. And he served 10 years of a life sentence. Now DNA exonerated Frederick and it also implicated another man who was serving time in prison. But the victim refused to press charges because she claimed that law enforcement

Taryn Simon photographs...

 For every nine people who have been executed, we've actually identified one innocent person who's been exonerated and released from death row. A kind of astonishing error rate -- one out of nine people, innocent. I mean, it's fascinating.

Bryan Stevenson: We need...

 who's been exonerated and released from death row a kind of astonishing error rate one out of nine people innocent I mean it's fascinating in aviation we would never let people fly on airplanes if for every nine planes it took off one

We need to talk about an...

 with key stakeholders so that everyone can assess the effectiveness of these policies look these rights can even help the accused it's just a bad idea to throw away evidence DNA evidence often exonerates they accused these rights

Re-writing laws to help...

 of people later exonerated by DNA evidence. Turns out, they were innocent. These cases are crystal clear because we have the DNA. So they didn't do the crime, and yet one-quarter of them confessed to it anyway.

Why teens confess to...

 and you know that over three quarters of all of those cases of exoneration involved only eyewitness identification testimony during the trial that convicted them.

Scott Fraser: The...

 fortunately for Michael crow evidence was found that exonerated him for the murder of his sister