Shaun Booker

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	21 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.9
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Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Shaun Booker was wrongly convicted in August 2002 after a three-week trial of manslaughter in the beating death a 57-year-old man in a parking lot in June 1999. Sentenced to 21 months in prison and served 10 months before his release. In February 2006 the U.K.'s Court of Appeals quashed Booker's conviction based on new evidence. However, citing national security concerns, the court irregularly refused to publicly disclose what the new evidence was that it relied on to quash Booker's conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	In February 2006 the Court of Appeals quashed Booker's conviction based on new evidence.
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"The Day My Life Stopped, The Star, Sheffield, England, February 8, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1343206
Information Source 2:	"Quashed Conviction Remains Secret, BBC News, February 6, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4687542.stm
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Shaun Booker

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

21 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In February 2006 the Court of Appeals quashed Booker's conviction based on new evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"The Day My Life Stopped, The Star, Sheffield, England, February 8, 2006"

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http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1343206

Information Source 2:

"Quashed Conviction Remains Secret, BBC News, February 6, 2006"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4687542.stm

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