exoneree

noun

ex·on·er·ee ig-ˌzä-nə-ˈrē

eg-

: a person who is shown to be not guilty of a crime for which he or she was formerly found guilty : a person who is exonerated of a crime

There is still no consensus about the value of lost time. Missouri gives exonerees fifty dollars a day for time served, California twice that much. Massachusetts caps total compensation at half a million dollars. In Maine, the limit is three hundred thousand; in Florida, it's two million.—

Ariel Levy

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On Thursday, three exonerees urged the General Assembly’s Interim Judiciary Committee to join 38 states that by law offer compensation to people who are wrongfully convicted. —

Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023 Maryland, where Syed’s case is located, calculates compensation by multiplying the number of days the exoneree was imprisoned after conviction with the daily rate of Maryland’s median household income. —

Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022 Hayne’s and West’s shoddy work and questionable testimony are linked to at least seven wrongful convictions—collectively, these exonerees have served more than 400 years in prison. —

Lara Bazelon, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023 Martin Santillan laughs with other exonerees outside of the courtroom after he was formally exonerated of a 1997 capital murder on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas. —

Krista Torralva, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for exoneree