According to Ghaemi, the IRGC’s intelligence agency has consolidated control over interrogations, detention centers, judges, and prosecutors, and the proof is in the lack of acquittals.
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
However, many cases where charges were brought against activists have been dismissed or resulted in acquittals.
The law isn’t perfect, raising several barriers to testing, but still, DNA evidence has featured in 17 of Florida’s 30 death row exonerations.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Although Simon has never been charged with a crime, many of her former cases are under review and more exonerations are expected, attorneys with the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic told CNN.
By simultaneously hitting three or more targets, these agents promise not only deeper responses but potentially longer remissions in some of the hardest-to-treat cancers.
Roman emperors, sometimes urged on by the crowd, were known to grant pardons (to criminals) and freedom (to the enslaved) after an especially noteworthy performance.
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Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
Trump issued mass pardons to Capitol rioters on his first day back in the White House last year.
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Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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