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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Kidnapping and Assault |
Sentence: |
Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year
Cleared:
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2005 |
Location
of Trial:
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Ohio |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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"Wrongly convicted on December 3, 2005, of with felonious assault, kidnapping, inducing panic and disturbing public service, based on a June 2005, incident on a Cincinnati, Ohio city bus. Allen's co-defendant admitted being involved, but he insisted that Allen had not been on the bus and had nothing to do with it. Five days after Dante Allen's conviction he was released on bail pending dismissal of the charges after the police obtained information that Allen's co-defendant had been telling the truth. Allen had been mistaken for the actual youth involved in the incident." |
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Innocence
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Actual culprit identified and arrested.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
Yes |
Age
When Imprisoned:
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16 |
Age
When Released:
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17 |
Information Source 1: |
"“Wrongly convicted boy, 17, is freed," by Sharon Coolidge, 'The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 9, 2005.." |
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"Two teens convicted in bus-takeover case," by Sharon Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 2, 2005." |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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