Sentence examples for first exoneration from inspiring English sources

While Serial was a phenomenon in its own right, this very public crowd-sourced unravelling of a murder case may lead to the first exoneration of its kind.

The Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic, in operation for just over five years, recently marked its fifth exoneration in the state of North Carolina.

It wasn't until the first DNA exoneration, in 1989, that most states began to seriously consider compensation.

Since the first DNA exoneration 22 years ago in 1989, 49 states have passed laws granting inmates the right to test DNA evidence.

That began to change when we started to encounter the first DNA exonerations in the early 1990s.

But the advent of DNA evidence and advocacy by the Innocence Project in the 1990s showed that about one third of exonerations involve confessions, once believed to be an absolute sign of guilt.

But the advent of DNA evidence and advocacy by the Innocence Project in the 1990s showed that about one-third of exonerations involve confessions, once believed to be an absolute sign of guilt.

The Innocence Project of Texas said Mr. Cole's case was the first posthumous DNA exoneration in state history.

In light of the new evidence, Judge Michael McSpadden of Harris County District Court on Friday ordered Mr. Sonnier to be released pending further investigation, a first step toward exoneration, which under Texas law can be granted only by the state's highest criminal court.

According to the Innocence Project's most recent review of the first 273 DNA exonerations: In nearly half (46%) of the first 273 DNA exonerations, post-conviction DNA tests revealed the true perpetrator of the crime.

Seven of Texas' first 39 DNA exonerations involved evidence suppression or other prosecutorial misconduct, according to the panel's report.