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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1988 |
Year
Cleared:
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1992 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Codefendant of Tony Paris and Steven Miller. The media dubbed the three men the Cardiff 3. Miller was coerced into falsely confessing to the murder of prostitute Lynette White after 13 continuous hours of being shouted at and threatened by police interrogators. Miller was White's boyfriend and pimp. His false confession implicated his two codefendants who were likewise innocent. Once he confessed, the police stopped investigating promising leads that may have led to the killer. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession by Steven Miller that implicated his two codefendants. |
Innocence
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Defendant
Aided By:
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The men's campaign was helped greatly by the journalist Satish Sekar, who later published a book on the cases (see below). The murder case was re-opened in June 1999 |
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Book
About
Case:
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"Journalist Satish Sekar wrote book, "The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry," (The Fitted In Project, 1998)" |
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Comments About Case: |
Co-defendant falsely confessed |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org