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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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10 |
Charge: |
Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Robbery |
Sentence: |
46 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1992 |
Year
Cleared:
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2001 |
Location
of Trial:
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New Jersey |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Pled guilty fearing a harsher sentence if convicted by a jury. Efforts to withdraw his plea were futile. Exonerated by DNA tests |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Falsely pled guilty under the fear of a more harsh sentence if convicted after a trial. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA
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Information Source 1: |
DNA Test Clears Newark Man Who Served 10 Years for Christmas Rape-Robbery, Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), November 29, 2001, p. 23. |
Information
Location 1:
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WL30233099 |
Information
Source 2:
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Innocence Project database |
Information
Location 2:
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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=94 |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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