as in clearings
a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing
recanted testimony that resulted in a long-overdue vindication
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Data is also collected from the El Cajon Homeless Task Force, as well as from park staff as clearings are completed.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025 -
There arc few, if any, clearings, old apple trees, and old stone walls.—
Worth Matthewson,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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Two cooperating witnesses in the federal case against Vázquez did not receive pardons.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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But Hoover still is in custody on state charges, where presidential pardons don't apply.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Essayli’s prosecutors have seen four additional cases involving allegations of assault on a federal officer end in acquittals, a nearly unheard of losing streak.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The acquittals also offer insights into the upcoming trial of former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo on charges of child abandonment.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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In Indiana, eyewitness misidentification was a factor in 22 out of 57 exonerations.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
26 Jan. 2026
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For the better part of a decade, Illinois led the nation in annual exonerations until it was surpassed by Texas in 2024, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Vindications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindications. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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