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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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1 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death and Executed |
Year Convicted: |
1949 |
Year
Cleared:
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1966 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Executed |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted and hanged in 1950 after falsely confessing to the murder of his wife and infant daughter. Granted posthumous pardon in Nov. 1966 based on overwhelming evidence that John Christie had committed the murders. Christie who had falsely testified against Evans to conceal his own complicity, confessed to the murders in 1953. Mr. Christie was also executed. Evans was posthumously pardoned by the British government in 1966 based on his innocence. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession by Timothy Evans and perjured testimony by the actual killer, John Christie and Christie's wife against Evans. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Evidence the murders had actually been committed by John Christie.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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24 |
Age
When Released:
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25 |
Information Source 1: |
Innocent UK website |
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/ |
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Source 2:
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""The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony," Gisli H. Gudjonsson, John Wiley & Sons, 1992, p. 235-239" |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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""Ten Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy(l961)." |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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