Johnathan Adams

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Carroll
City of Crime:	Carrollton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Johnathan Adams was a 13 year-old boy wrongly convicted on August 11, 2005 of murdering 8-year-old Amy Yates in Carrollton, Georgia. Adams pled no contest based on his confession that he made after four hours of interrogation with his parents or a lawyer present. Prosecuted as a minor, he was sentenced to not less than 12 months in a residential psychiatric treatment facility. In February 2006 18-year-old Christopher Gossett contacted authorities and confessed to murdering Amy. Based on the new evidence, on April 4, 2006 Adams' conviction was vacated and he was released. Gossett was indicted in November 2006 for involuntary manslaughter, but the indictment was dismissed on February 26, 2010 after authorities admited his confession didn't match the facts of Amy's murder."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession obtained after a four hour interrogation without Adams' parents or lawyer present.
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 4, 2006 Adams' conviction was vacated and he was released."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	12
Age When Released:	14
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Johnathan Adams, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=2981
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Johnathan Adams

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Carroll

City of Crime:

Carrollton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession obtained after a four hour interrogation without Adams' parents or lawyer present.

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 4, 2006 Adams' conviction was vacated and he was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

12

Age When Released:

14

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Johnathan Adams, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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