Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
99 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
29.33 |
Year Crime: |
1981 |
Year Convicted: |
1984 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Navarro |
City of Crime: |
Corsicana |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Randolph Arledge |
Conviction Caused By: |
Perjurious informant testimony. One of the informants exchanged his testimony for being sentenced to probation for an armed robbery. |
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Defendant Aided By: |
Innocence Project (NY) |
Compensation Awarded: |
"$1,146,666.67 plus $7,140.06 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 8-13-2013)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
Age When Imprisoned: |
28 |
Age When Released: |
58 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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"Texas man convicted in 1981 stabbing death freed by DNA evidence, By The Associated Press, New York Daily News, February 12, 2013" |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dna-frees-wrongly-convicted-man-3-decades-article-1.1261707 |
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