Ronnie Baylor (1987 rape)

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Charge:	Sexual Assault and Robbery
Sentence:	16 years
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Riverside
City of Crime:	Twentynine Palms
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ronnie Baylor was wrongly convicted on November 30, 1987 of the December 1986 rape of a women in her hotel room in Twentynine Palms, California. He was also wrongly convicted during the same trial of the rape of a different women in January 1987 in her hotel room in Twentynine Palms, Although neither victim testified, and no physical or forensic confession was presented during his trial , the prosecution relied on Baylor's confession -- that he recanted as coerced. He was also convicted by the Riverside County jury of burglary, robbery, theft and illegal use of a firearm. Baylor was sentenced to 16 years in prison. After his convictions were affirmed on direct appeal, baylor filed a post-conviction petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to investigate a lab report that Baylor's blood type didn't match that of either women's assailant. In 1995 a federal judge granted Baylor's petition, and the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling. Baylor was released in 1995 after 9 years of imprisonment, and the charges were dismissed in September 1996."
Conviction Caused By:	Baylor falsely confessed after being coerced by the police.
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ronnie Baylor, The National Registry of Exonerations"
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Ronnie Baylor (1987 rape)

Charge:

Sexual Assault and Robbery

Sentence:

16 years

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Riverside

City of Crime:

Twentynine Palms

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Baylor falsely confessed after being coerced by the police.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Ronnie Baylor, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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