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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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10 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
Year
Cleared:
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2006 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Co-defendant of Steven Johnston. Both men convicted of murder in 1995. Released in October 2005 on bail pending outcome of appeal. In March 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:
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Police concealment of exculpatory witness statements and other police misconduct. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Scotland's Court of Appeals quashed conviction on March 17, 2006.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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30 |
Age
When Released:
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41 |
Information Source 1: |
Police face inquiry after two freed voer murder trial 'lies', John Robertson (Law Correspondent), The Scotsman, March 18, 2006 |
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http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=428342006 |
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Source 2:
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Stitched up, Glasgow Daily Record, Gordon Mcilwraith, March 18, 2006 |
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16828297&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=stitched-up--name_page.html |
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Source 3:
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Murder trial 'misled' by police, BBC News (Scotland), March 17, 2006 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4816714.stm |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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