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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder) |
Sentence: |
99 years |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
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Location
of Trial:
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Alaska |
Result:
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Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted in 2007 of conspiracy to murder her fiance Kent Leppink in 1996. Mechele Linehan was sentencing on March 28, 2008 to 99 years in prison. On February 5, 2006 the Alaska Court of Appeals overturned Linehan's conviction based on two prejudicial evidentiary errors by the trial judge. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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On February 5, 2006 the Alaska Court of Appeals overturned Linehan's conviction based on two prejudicial evidentiary errors by the trial judge.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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34 |
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Information Source 1: |
Linehan v Alaska - No 2253 (AK Ct of Appeals, 2-5-2010) |
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Source 2:
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Former Olympia mom wins appeal in Alaska murder case, By Rachel D'Oro, The Seattle Times, February 5, 2010 |
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Location 2:
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010995928_newtrial06.html |
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Court overturns Linehan conviction, By Megan Holland (staff), Anchorage Daily News, February 6, 2010 |
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http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/stripper/story/1126105.html |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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