Nickel Bailey

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	15 years to Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
County or Region of Crime:	St. Thomas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Nickel Bailey was co-defendant of Kevin Watson. Both men were wrongly convicted in 2005 of murdering a woman on St Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) in 2002, based solely on teh identification by the lone eyewitness. They were sentenced in August 2005 to 15 years to life in prison. The men appealed their convictions on the basis that there was insufficient evidence, including inconsistencies in the prosecution's evidence and inconsistencies in the witness' evidence, including that he didn't mention either man in his statement to the police that he gave a month after the crime or during the preliminary hearing. He only identified the two men during their trial. In May 2008 their convictions were overturned by the Court of Appeals based on insufficiency of the evidence. They were released after three years imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification.
Innocence Proved By:	In May 2008 their convictions were overturned by the Court of Appeals based on insufficiency of the evidence.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Appeal court frees murder convicts, Jamaica Gleaner News, May 28, 2008"
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Nickel Bailey

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

15 years to Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

County or Region of Crime:

St. Thomas

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

In May 2008 their convictions were overturned by the Court of Appeals based on insufficiency of the evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Appeal court frees murder convicts, Jamaica Gleaner News, May 28, 2008"

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http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080528/lead/lead9.html

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