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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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19 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1966 |
Year
Cleared:
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1985 |
Location
of Trial:
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New Jersey |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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"Codefendant of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Wrongfully convicted twice of a triple murder due to prosecutorial misconduct and police perjury. Their story is the subject of movie "The Hurricane."" |
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Information Source 1: |
"Carter v. Rafferty, 621 F. Supp. 533 (NJ 1985)" |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org