|
Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
|
Years
Imprisoned:
|
5 |
Charge: |
Aggravated Murder |
Sentence: |
23 years to life in prison |
Year Convicted: |
2001 |
Year
Cleared:
|
2006 |
Location
of Trial:
|
Ohio |
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 Found? |
|
Age
When Imprisoned:
|
28 |
Age
When Released:
|
34 |
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 |
Information
Location 2:
|
|
Information
Source 3:
|
|
Information
Location 3:
|
|
Information
Source 4:
|
|
Information
Location 4:
|
|
Information
Source 5:
|
|
Information
Location 5:
|
|
Ethnicity/Skin:
|
|
Book
About
Case:
|
|
Book
Information:
|
|
Book About Case (2): |
|
Book Information (2): |
|
Movie About Case: |
|
Comments About Case: |
|
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org