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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Attempted Murder and Conspiracy |
Sentence: |
28 years to Life in prison |
Years Imprisoned: |
9 |
Year Crime: |
1989 |
Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year Cleared: |
1998 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
City of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Gerald Atlas and Andre Taylor were co-defendants. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
25 |
Age When Released: |
34 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Gerald Atlas, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4012 |
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