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Federal law enforcement officials have exonerated Shohei Ohtani, repeatedly describing him as a “victim” and clearing him of any wrongdoing in a gambling scandal involving his translator.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Courts in multiple countries have exonerated women after determining that too much weight had been given to the flotation test.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Chief Justice John Marshall ordered President Thomas Jefferson to produce a letter that might have exonerated the former vice president.

From Fox News • Oct. 17, 2019

His lawyers have long argued that scientific evidence - including DNA under the victim's fingernails that was not Swearingen's - should have exonerated him.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2019

But we have no hesitation in saying that an investigation into this case would have exonerated the moon of any share in the affliction, and have revealed some other and likely cause.

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy