Candice Anderson

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Charge:	Involuntary Manslaughter
Sentence:	"5 years probation, $2,500 fine, and 260 hours community service"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Van Zandt
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Candice Anderson was wrongly convicted in 2006 of involuntary manslaughter related to the crash of her General Motors Saturn vehicle. Anderson pled guilty and she was sentenced to five years probation, $2,500 fine, and 260 hours of community service. On November 24, 2014 Anderson, Candice's guilty plea was ordered withdrawn and the charges were dismissed based on new evidence provided by General Motors that the fatal traffic accident on Nov. 15, 2004 could have been caused by a defect ignition switch in the 2004 Saturn Ion she was driving. The defective switch could resullt in a sudden loss of steering."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 24, 2014 Anderson, Candice's conviction was overturned based on new evidence provided by General Motors that the fatal traffic accident on Nov. 15, 2014 could have been caused by a defect ignition switch in the 2004 Saturn Ion she was driving. The defective switch could resullt in a sudden loss of steering."
Defendant Aided By:	"Attorney Robert Hilliard. Hillard also represented LaKisha Ward-Green whose manslaughter conviction for driving a GM Cobalt was overturned on August 26, 2015 based on the new evidence that her accident was caused by failure of the ignition switch."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Driver of recalled GM car cleared of negligent homicide, By David Shepardson (Staff writer), The Detroit News, November 25, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2014/11/24/gm-ignition-switch-texas/19482007/
Information Source 2:	"Woman cleared in fatal car wreck after GM letter, By Michael Graczyk (AP reporter), news.yahoo.com, November 24, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://news.yahoo.com/woman-cleared-fatal-car-wreck-gm-letter-200527712.html
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Candice Anderson

Charge:

Involuntary Manslaughter

Sentence:

"5 years probation, $2,500 fine, and 260 hours community service"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Van Zandt

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

"Attorney Robert Hilliard. Hillard also represented LaKisha Ward-Green whose manslaughter conviction for driving a GM Cobalt was overturned on August 26, 2015 based on the new evidence that her accident was caused by failure of the ignition switch."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Driver of recalled GM car cleared of negligent homicide, By David Shepardson (Staff writer), The Detroit News, November 25, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2014/11/24/gm-ignition-switch-texas/19482007/

Information Source 2:

"Woman cleared in fatal car wreck after GM letter, By Michael Graczyk (AP reporter), news.yahoo.com, November 24, 2014"

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http://news.yahoo.com/woman-cleared-fatal-car-wreck-gm-letter-200527712.html

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