Shawn Armstrong

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Charge:	Aggravated Murder
Sentence:	23 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Trumbull
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2001 of aggravated murder and a weapons charge. Shawn Armstrong was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. In 2006 his conviction was overturned, the prosecution declined to retry him because of a lack of evidence of his guilt, and the charges were dismissed."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned in 2006 and charges dismissed.
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Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Trumbull gets suit filed by freed murder convict, Youngstown Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), August 26, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/26/trumbull-gets-suit-filed-by-freed-murder-convict/
Information Source 2:	"State sued over jailing, By Christopher Bobby, Tribune Chronicle (Warren, OH), September 8, 2008"
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Shawn Armstrong

Charge:

Aggravated Murder

Sentence:

23 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Trumbull

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted in 2001 of aggravated murder and a weapons charge. Shawn Armstrong was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. In 2006 his conviction was overturned, the prosecution declined to retry him because of a lack of evidence of his guilt, and the charges were dismissed."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned in 2006 and charges dismissed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Trumbull gets suit filed by freed murder convict, Youngstown Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), August 26, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/26/trumbull-gets-suit-filed-by-freed-murder-convict/

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"State sued over jailing, By Christopher Bobby, Tribune Chronicle (Warren, OH), September 8, 2008"

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