Brett Bachelor

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1979
Year Cleared:	1980
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Alachua
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Brett Bachelor was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in 1979 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. At the subsequent trial of an alleged co-defendant, evidence showed that a key witness had erroneously identified Bachelor. The co-defendant was acquitted. Eight months after Bachelor had been found guilty, in 1980 the trial court ordered him released from prison. ('“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” p. 284)"
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification.
Innocence Proved By:	After evidence surfaced that the eyewitness had erroneously identified Brett Bachelor the trial judge vacated his conviction and ordered his release from prison.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992, p. 284."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 93."
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Information Source 3:	"Gainesville Sun, July 25, 1980, p. 7A, col. 1"
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Brett Bachelor

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1979

Year Cleared:

1980

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Alachua

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

After evidence surfaced that the eyewitness had erroneously identified Brett Bachelor the trial judge vacated his conviction and ordered his release from prison.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992, p. 284."

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Information Source 2:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 93."

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"Gainesville Sun, July 25, 1980, p. 7A, col. 1"

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