Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
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Year Convicted: |
2002 |
Year Cleared: |
2005 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Angela Bone was wrongly convicted in 2002 of culpable homicide in the murder of her 13-month old daughter by her 27-year-old boyfriend. Bone was sentenced to three years in prison, but she was released on bail pending the outcome of her appeal. Her conviction was quashed in November 2005." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction quashed by the U.K.'s Court of Appeals in November 2005. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
20 |
Age When Released: |
23 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Appeal clears mother who smoked as baby was killed, The Times, (London UK), November 19, 2005" |
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"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1879064,00.html" |
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