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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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18 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1982 |
Year
Cleared:
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2001 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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"Falsely confessed to a double murder after being subjected to an "oppressive" police interrogation. He retracted his confession and the evidence against him was so weak that he was only convicted by a 10-2 majority. Two of the 12 jurors voted to acquit him, and they were correct in their doubts. Jim Nichol, Peter Fell's solicitor said: "He may be a crackpot, he may be crazy, he may be all these things - and probably was in 1982 - but a murderer he was not and never has been." (http://christianparty.net/dnaengland.htm). Convictions quashed by Ct. of Appeals on March 22, 2001." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Proof he falsely confessed. Court of Appeals quashed both murder convictions on March 22, 2001.
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Compensation Awarded: |
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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19 |
Age
When Released:
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37 |
Information Source 1: |
Innocent UK website |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/peterfell/ |
Information
Source 2:
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68% of Convictions Reviewed in England Are Overturned |
Information
Location 2:
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http://christianparty.net/dnaengland.htm |
Information
Source 3:
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Information
Location 3:
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Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission |
Information
Source 4:
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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html |
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Location 4:
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Location 5:
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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Information:
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org