DNA exoneration
Molecular proof, freedom
DNA exoneration is the legal clearing of a convicted person through genetic evidence proving they did not commit the crime.
It typically involves testing biological samples—blood, semen, hair—that weren't analyzed at trial or that newer technology can now examine more precisely.
After eighteen years in prison, DNA exoneration finally set him free.
The process has freed hundreds of wrongfully convicted people, often revealing the actual perpetrator through database matches.
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- genetic evidenceProof derived from DNA
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Firmly held belief
guilty verdict · criminal conviction · incarceration · condemnation · imprisonment
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Erroneous guilty verdict
miscarriage of justice · prosecutorial misconduct · false confession · false imprisonment · wrongful imprisonment
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