Paul Blackburn

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	25
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Paul Blackburn was wrongly convicted in 1978 of attempted murder and attempted burglary. He was released on parole in 2003, In 1998 Blackburn submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Blackburn's case was referred by the CCRC on 8/09/2004 to the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). On May 25, 2005 the appeals court quashed Paul Blackburn's convictions."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"UK's Court of Appeals quashed conviction on May 25, 2005."
Defendant Aided By:	"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Murder Bid Conviction Quashed After 25 Yrs, Press Association, Guardian UK, May 25,2005"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5201709-104770,00.html"
Information Source 2:	"Man has conviction overturned after 25 years in jail, Staff, Telegraph UK, May 25,2005"
Information Location 2:	http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/25/umurder.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/25/ixportaltop.html
Information Source 3:	"Paul Blackburn's Conviction Quashed After 27 Years, L.A. Naylor, Writesite.org.uk, June 2, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://www.writesite.org.uk/newsflash.htm
Information Source 4:	"Paul Blackburn, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"
Information Location 4:	http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/3
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Paul Blackburn

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

25

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"UK's Court of Appeals quashed conviction on May 25, 2005."

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Murder Bid Conviction Quashed After 25 Yrs, Press Association, Guardian UK, May 25,2005"

Information Location 1:

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5201709-104770,00.html"

Information Source 2:

"Man has conviction overturned after 25 years in jail, Staff, Telegraph UK, May 25,2005"

Information Location 2:

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/25/umurder.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/25/ixportaltop.html

Information Source 3:

"Paul Blackburn's Conviction Quashed After 27 Years, L.A. Naylor, Writesite.org.uk, June 2, 2005"

Information Location 3:

http://www.writesite.org.uk/newsflash.htm

Information Source 4:

"Paul Blackburn, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

Information Location 4:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/3

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