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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
9-12 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1976 |
Year
Cleared:
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1980 |
Location
of Trial:
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Ireland |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of committing the Sallins Mail Train Robbery in 1976 that netted the robbers 200m pounds. Only evidence of guilt was confession signed under duress. Conviction quashed in 1980 and released after four years imprisonment. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession extracted under duress. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Conviction quashed because only evidence of gult was confesson extracted under duress.
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Sallins Mail Train Robbery, Wikepedia online |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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