Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Conspiracy to violate one or more laws. |
Sentence: |
2-1/2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
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Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
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Texas - Federal Case |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Daniel Bayly was wrongly convicted along with three co-defendants, all of who worked at Merrill Lynch, of conspiracy and wire fraud in regards to a deal for Enron's sale of three electricity-generating barges off the Nigerian coast in 1999. Those charges were reversed by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 1, 2006. Daniel Bayly was imprisoned from July 2005 to June 2006 -- 11 months." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Conspiracy and wire fraud convictions reversed by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 1, 2006." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"United States v. Brown, No. 05-20319 (5th Cir. 08-01-2006)" |
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"4 ex-Merrill Lynch execs' convictions overturned, by John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle, August 2, 2006" |
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www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4088364.html |
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