Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
35 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
3.83 |
Year Crime: |
1996 |
Year Convicted: |
1997 |
Year Cleared: |
2000 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Upshur |
City of Crime: |
Pritchett |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Jason Glenn Barber |
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Innocence Proved By: |
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Defendant Aided By: |
"Jason Glenn Barber was pardoned on the basis of his actual innocence by Texas Governor Rick Perry on Oct. 10, 2002." |
Compensation Awarded: |
"$77,083,33 plus $1,167.08 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 9-5-2003)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
20 |
Age When Released: |
24 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Pardons by Gov. Rick Perry, The Texas Tribune, Aug. 6, 2014" |
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http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/search-texas-governor-rick-perry-pardons/ |
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