Sentence examples for an exonerated from inspiring English sources

Mr. Perry has not been a crusader, but he has signed reform-minded legislation and acknowledged some of the system's mistakes, once referring to an exonerated prisoner's murder conviction as a "great miscarriage of justice".

The benefits proposed in the bill, co-sponsored by Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, would stay in effect for the number of years an exonerated prisoner served time or for 15 years, whichever is less.

"I believe the taxpayer would be horribly offended if their money were to be spent compensating an exonerated prisoner who has a history of serious crimes," said State Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff, a Republican.

Given the hodgepodge of state compensation laws, an exonerated prisoner's chances of receiving any significant sum depend on the state where he was convicted and whether he can find a lawyer willing to litigate a difficult case.

That's the starting point for Rectify, an empathetic, soulful look at the life of Daniel Holden, an exonerated man freed after 19 years on death row for the murder of his high school girlfriend.

It turned out that the question she supplied matched closely with a question associated with an exonerated death-row inmate the next night, March 13, during a town hall hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper and Roland Martin, a TV One host.

Archives|FINED FOR KISSING GIRL HUNTING A JOB; Charles Wix Found Guilty on Complaint of a Typist Who Answered His "Ad". WAS EXONERATED ONCE Plaintiff's Mother Applied to Hylan and Case Was Reopened -- Defense Calls It Double Jeopardy.

FINED FOR KISSING GIRL HUNTING A JOB; Charles Wix Found Guilty on Complaint of a Typist Who Answered His "Ad". WAS EXONERATED ONCE Plaintiff's Mother Applied to Hylan and Case Was Reopened -- Defense Calls It Double Jeopardy.

The St Louis Police Officers Association accused the players of calling "a now-exonerated officer a murderer" after a grand jury did not charge Wilson with a crime.

The Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning actress, who played Peggy Olson in Mad Men, was at Sundance Film Festival to promote drama The Free World which follows a recently exonerated man who attempts to assimilate his way back into society after 20 years behind bars.

This month, The Washington Post and other newspapers published a draft of a report that exonerated Mr. Payne of wrongdoing while sharply criticizing a City Council member, Jim Graham, who has been in the lottery scandal's spotlight because of his objections to the minority partner in the winning lottery bid.