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Marvin L. Anderson

Years Imprisoned:	15
Charge:	Rape and Robbery
Sentence:	210 years
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	2002
Location of Trial:	Virginia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of the 1982 rape and robbery of a Hoover County woman based on her identification and the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence. Martin L. Anderson was the first person exonerated under a new VA law allowing DNA evidence to supercede VA's 21 day rule for the introduction of new evidence, Anderson was convicted solely on the eyewitness testimony of the victim. He was paroled in 1997 and cleared by the DNA tests four years later on December 6, 2001. Anderson was officially exonerated on August 21, 2002. The actual rapist, John Otis Lincoln, was convicted in January 2003 and on March 27, 2003 was sentenced to 3 life terms plus 40 years. Anderson was awarded $1.4 million in compensation in 2003 for 15 years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and prosecution misconduct.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA evidence excluded Anderson as the woman's attacker. He was the first person exonerated by DNA testing allowed by a new VA law only permitting a DNA evidence exception to VA's 21-day rule for the introduction of new evidence after sentencing.
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Compensation Awarded:	$1.55 million
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Information Source 1:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=99
Information Source 2:	"Man Sentenced in Rape Case, Bob Piazza (staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 27, 2003"
Information Location 2:	http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/more/MGBRF28CSDD.html
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Ethnicity/Skin:	Black
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Marvin L. Anderson

Years Imprisoned:

15

Charge:

Rape and Robbery

Sentence:

210 years

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

2002

Location of Trial:

Virginia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and prosecution misconduct.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA evidence excluded Anderson as the woman's attacker. He was the first person exonerated by DNA testing allowed by a new VA law only permitting a DNA evidence exception to VA's 21-day rule for the introduction of new evidence after sentencing.

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Compensation Awarded:

$1.55 million

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Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=99

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"Man Sentenced in Rape Case, Bob Piazza (staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 27, 2003"

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http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/more/MGBRF28CSDD.html

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Black

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