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The system loudly admitting it caged the wrong person, decades late.
means An official clearing of someone from blame or guilt, declaring them not responsible after all.
from From Latin exonerare, to unburden, from ex- (off) and onus (load) — literally lifting a weight off the shoulders.
DNA eraGenetic evidence has freed hundreds wrongly convicted.
Not acquittalIt can reverse a guilty verdict after sentencing.
Same rootShares onus with the word onerous.