Richard Jewell
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“Despite never being charged, he underwent a “trial by media” with great toll on his personal and professional life. Eventually he was completely exonerated

Happens alot over here as well.The poor landlord who was vilified when the young lass was murdered http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421800/Joanna-Yeates-murder-police-chief-apologises-landlord-suffering-endured-detectives-failed-publicly-rule-suspect.html