protest one's innocence

I guess it was a little too late to protest my innocence.

But in that particular case, the mother never protested her innocence.

I told how my client had protested her innocence from the beginning.

He'd protest innocence of writing this all the way to the drop.

He protested his innocence to the very end, publishing a public defense in the form of a book.

He was released in 2007 without charge and has always protested his innocence.

You certainly don't come out of it eager to protest your innocence.

He has always protested his innocence in this terrible crime.

In that place a man who protests his innocence is judged.

The ship could presumably return to China and continue to protest its innocence.