BREAKING NEWS: Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP. Details to come.

Exoneree — A person ... officially declared innocent of that crime, or relieved of all legal consequences of the conviction because evidence of innocence that was not presented at trial required reconsideration of the case.

Exoneration — A person has been exonerated ... (iii) a dismissal of all charges related to the crime for which the person was originally convicted, by a court or by a prosecutor with the authority to enter that dismissal. The pardon, acquittal, or dismissal must have been the result, at least in part, of evidence of innocence that either (i) was not presented at the trial at which the person was convicted; or (ii) if the person pled guilty, was not known to the defendant and the defense attorney, and to the court, at the time the plea was entered.

(University of Michigan Law School)