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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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12 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1991 |
Year
Cleared:
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2003 |
Location
of Trial:
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Florida |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Co-defendant of Keith King. Both were wrongly convicted of murdering a Florida sheriff's deputy. Brown was 14 at the time of the crime. The conviction of Tim Brown, who reportedly has mental retardation, was based on his confession under interrogation to the crime. (Keith Brown also confessed to the crime.) Brown was sentenced to life in prison. In February 2002 a former jail deputy admitted killing the deputy. Brown's federal writ of habeas corpus was pending, and it was amended with the new evidence undermining the veracity of his conviction. In March 2003 a U.S. District Court judge vacated Brown's conviction on the ground that he did not intelligently waive his constitutional rights prior to confessing. When the prosecution declined to retry him and dismissed the charges, Brown was released from prison in May 2003 after spending nearly 12 years in prison. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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In March 2003 a U.S. District Court judge vacated Timothy Brown's conviction on the ground that he did not intelligently waive his constitutional rights prior to confessing. When the prosecution declined to retry him and dismissed the charges, Brown was released from prison in May 2003.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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15 |
Age
When Released:
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27 |
Information Source 1: |
Brown Could Be Released After 11 Years Behind Bars, By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express, May 9, 2003 |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/laws/timbrown.htm |
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Source 2:
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Judge overturns Florida man's murder conviction, Jet magazine, June 2, 2003 |
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Location 2:
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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_23_103/ai_102697056 |
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Source 3:
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New confession in old murder, By Daniel de Vise and Wanda De Marzo, Miami Herald, February 8, 2002 |
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http://www.truthinjustice.org/behan-case.htm |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org