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Billy Allison

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

9.6

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Billy Allison was co-defendant of Steven Johnston. Both men convicted on March 19, 2006 of murder committed in Scotland in 1995. Johnston and Allison submitted an application to Scotland's Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Johnston and Allison's case was referred by the SCCRC on 6/19/2001 to Scotland's Court of Appeal. Both men were released in October 2005 on bail pending outcome of their appeal. On March 17, 2006 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Johnston and Allison's convictions based on concealment of exculpatory evidence by the police and other police misconduct. The two men were wrongly imprisoned for 10 years."

Conviction Caused By:

Police concealment of exculpatory witness statements and other police misconduct.

Innocence Proved By:

"Scotland's Court of Appeals quashed conviction on March 17, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Police face inquiry after two freed voer murder trial 'lies', John Robertson (Law Correspondent), The Scotsman, March 18, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=428342006

Information Source 2:

"Stitched up, Glasgow Daily Record, Gordon Mcilwraith, March 18, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16828297&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=stitched-up--name_page.html

Information Source 3:

"Murder trial 'misled' by police, BBC News (Scotland), March 17, 2006"

Information Location 3:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4816714.stm

Information Source 4:

"Billy Allison, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)"

Information Location 4:

http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=61

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