Joseph Amrine

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	18
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
County or Region of Crime:	Cole
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Amrine was wrongly convicted of murdering another prisoner on the basis of three jailhouse snitches, in spite of a prison guard testifying that one of the snitches was the actual killer. The Missouri Supreme Court vacated Joseph Amrine's conviction and after the prosecution dropped the charges he was released in July 2003 after 17 years on death row. Filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri against a prosecutor, two investigators and a deputy sheriff for alleged violations of his civil rights, conspiracy and malicious prosecution. On February 6, 2007, the lawsuit was dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's three key witnesses, all prisoner informants."
Innocence Proved By:	"Missouri Supreme Court vacated Joseph Amrine's conviction in 2003, and the prosecution dismissed the charges."
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Compensation Awarded:	Federal civil rights lawsuit dismissed in Feb. 2007.
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Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	46
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Lawsuit by former inmate thrown out, Kansas City Star, by Mark Morris, February 10, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/16667026.htm
Information Source 2:	"Finally Free, Altenet, 07-28-03"
Information Location 2:	http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16667
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Joseph Amrine

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

18

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

Cole

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's three key witnesses, all prisoner informants."

Innocence Proved By:

"Missouri Supreme Court vacated Joseph Amrine's conviction in 2003, and the prosecution dismissed the charges."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Federal civil rights lawsuit dismissed in Feb. 2007.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

46

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Lawsuit by former inmate thrown out, Kansas City Star, by Mark Morris, February 10, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/16667026.htm

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"Finally Free, Altenet, 07-28-03"

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http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16667

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