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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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7 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
8 years |
Year Convicted: |
1991 |
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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"Wrongly convicted in 1991 based on his alleged confession to being involved in the robbery of a post office van in March 1990. In 1997, the group Liberty brought Mr. Allan's case to the attention of the Student Law Office, a free legal advice service run by law degree students at Northumbria University. Over a four year period eight students investigated Mr. Allan's case before succeeding in getting his conviction quashed on June 7, 2001 by the Ct. of Appeals. After his release, Allan said about the students, "It's just unbelievable what they did," said Allan. "I can't thank them enough. I don't think a solicitor's office could have given me the amount of time they did." With the continued aid of Northumbria University students, he was awarded compensation of £169,550 ($328,500) by the British government's Home Office in November 2006." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on June 12, 2001."
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Defendant
Aided By:
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"Mr. Allan's case was brought to the attention of the Student Law Office, a free legal advice service run by law degree students at Northumbria University, in 1997 by Liberty, the campaign group. Law students worked for four years before succeeding in getting Mr. Allan's conviction reversed." |
Compensation Awarded: |
"£169,550 ($328,500) in November 2006." |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Information Source 1: |
"Win or lose, no fee pro bono week promotes free legal services, by Claire Dyer, The Guardian (London UK), June 5, 2006" |
Information
Location 1:
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"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1790264,00.html" |
Information
Source 2:
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"Students to the rescue, The Guardian, June 14, 2005" |
Information
Location 2:
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"http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/story/0,3605,1506000,00.html" |
Information
Source 3:
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Innocent UK website |
Information
Location 3:
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/ |
Information
Source 4:
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"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission" |
Information
Location 4:
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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html |
Information
Source 5:
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"£170,000 for man wrongly locked up, by By Paul James And Emma Greenhalgh, The Journal (Newcastle, UK), November 11, 2006" |
Information
Location 5:
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http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/journallive/thejournal/tm_headline=-pound-170-000-for-man-wrongly-locked-up&method=full&objectid=18080055&siteid=50081-name_page.html |
Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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