Earl Berryman

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Charge:	Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)
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Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Newark
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Earl Berryman and Michael Brunch were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1985 of a March 1983 rape in Essex County, New Jersey. Both men were erroneously identified by the victim 1-1/2 years after she was raped. Neither men matched the physical characteristics she described to the police after she was assaulted. The vacating of Earl Berryman's conviction by U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise in 1995 and his subsequent release from prison resulted from a five-year investigation of Berryman's case by Centurion Ministries. Michael Brunch died in prison before he could have his conviction reversed."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification 1-1/2 years after the rape by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Earl Berryman conviction was vacated and he was ordered released from prison in July 1995 by U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""Freedom," Tom Hester (staff), The Star Ledger, July 22, 1995."
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Information Source 3:	The Case of Earl Berryman
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Earl Berryman

Charge:

Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Newark

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification 1-1/2 years after the rape by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Earl Berryman conviction was vacated and he was ordered released from prison in July 1995 by U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

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http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

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""Freedom," Tom Hester (staff), The Star Ledger, July 22, 1995."

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The Case of Earl Berryman

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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/may2000/conv-m10.shtml

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