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Timothy Atkins

Years Imprisoned:	23
Charge:	Murder & Robbery
Sentence:	32 yrs
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2007
Location of Trial:	California
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1987 of convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of robbery, as an accomplice to a car-jacking committed on New Years Day 1985. Atkins was sentenced to 32 years in prison. His conviction vacated on February 9, 2007, based on the recanting of the state's star witness at Atkins preliminary hearing that she lied. In April 2007 the LA DA's Office announced Atkins would not be retried because of a lack of evidence. He was wrongly imprisoned for more than 20 years."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjury by the eyewitness as the preliminary hearing, which was admitted at trial without her being cross-examined."
Innocence Proved By:	"Convictions vacated on February 9, 2007."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	40
Information Source 1:	"Taking deep breath of freedom, by Ashraf Khalil (staff), LA Times, February 10, 2007"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-innocent10feb10,1,438124.story"
Information Source 2:	"Accused accomplice in 1985 slaying wrongly convicted, judge rules, by Stuart Silverstein (staff), LA Times, February 9, 2007"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-released9feb09,1,5566035.story"
Information Source 3:	"D.A. won't retry man held 22 years, By Joe Mozingo (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2007 "
Information Location 3:	"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-atkins7apr07,0,6758311.story?coll=la-home-local"
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Ethnicity/Skin:	Black
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Timothy Atkins

Years Imprisoned:

23

Charge:

Murder & Robbery

Sentence:

32 yrs

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2007

Location of Trial:

California

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjury by the eyewitness as the preliminary hearing, which was admitted at trial without her being cross-examined."

Innocence Proved By:

"Convictions vacated on February 9, 2007."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

40

Information Source 1:

"Taking deep breath of freedom, by Ashraf Khalil (staff), LA Times, February 10, 2007"

Information Location 1:

"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-innocent10feb10,1,438124.story"

Information Source 2:

"Accused accomplice in 1985 slaying wrongly convicted, judge rules, by Stuart Silverstein (staff), LA Times, February 9, 2007"

Information Location 2:

"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-released9feb09,1,5566035.story"

Information Source 3:

"D.A. won't retry man held 22 years, By Joe Mozingo (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2007 "

Information Location 3:

"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-atkins7apr07,0,6758311.story?coll=la-home-local"

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Ethnicity/Skin:

Black

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