Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This word is from a news story about a man who spent nearly 20 years in jail: exonerated.
这个单词关于一个几乎在监狱里待了20年的人：“无罪释放”。
Graves was convicted in a small Texas town in 1994. He spent just shy of two decades behind bars, 12 of them on death row.
格雷弗斯1994年在德克萨斯州的一个小镇被宣判有罪。他在监牢里待了20年，其中的12年都在死囚区度过。
Only after all that time was the Texan, who is now 49 years old, exonerated.
过了这么多年后，这个现已49岁的德克萨斯州人才被证明无罪。
Exonerated means someone is released from a guilty verdict.
“无罪释放”的意思是曾被判决有罪的人被释放。
They are proven innocent after they were found guilty.
他们在被宣判有罪后又被证实无罪。

People who are exonerated while in prison are set free.
在狱中被无罪释放的人可以重获自由。
Now, when you hear the word exonerated you will know what this news word means.
现在，当你听到单词“无罪释放”时，你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了。