Ted Louis Bradford

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	Yakima
City of Crime:	Yakima
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ted Louis Bradford was wrongly convicted in 1996 of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary in the 1995 rape of a 25-year-old woman in Yakima, Washington. Arrested for indecent exposure six months after the attack in the area the rape had occurred, Ted Bradford was intensively interrogated for eight hours before admitting to some details fo the crime. Immediately afterwards, Bradford retracted his statements and said he only told the detectives what they wanted to hear because he was tired and hungry. Bradford was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was released in 2005 after completing his sentence. In 1996 the woman obtained a $600,000 civil judgment against Bradford. The DNA testing of biological material collected in 2004 that was on the adhesive side of duct tape used to cover the eyeholes of the mask the woman was forced to wear excluded Bradford as the rapist. On September 13, 2006, a Yakima County Superior Court judge vacated Bradford's conviction based on the new evidence of a DNA test unavailable at the time of his conviction. The Washington Court of Appeals reinstated Bradford's conviction. Bradford was acquitted on February 11, 2010, after a retrial. Bradford was wrongly imprisoned for 10 years. The status of the erroneous $600,000 civil judgment needs to be litigated. On February 7, 2013 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that named Yakima Detective Joseph Scherschligt as the defendant. The U.S. district court judge granted Scherschligt's summary judgment motion on the basis Bradford didn't file it before expiration of the three year statute of limitations under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Bradford appealed. In September 2015 the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the ruling on the basis the three year statute of limitations didn't begin until his acquittal -- so he filed the lawsuit with three days to spare."
Conviction Caused By:	Admissions retracted by Bradford that he retracted as false because he was telling the detectives what they wanted to hear.
Innocence Proved By:	"On September 13, 2006, a Yakima County Superior Court judge vacated Ted Bradford's conviction based on the new evidence of a DNA test unavailable at the time of his conviction. The Court of Appeals reinstated Bradford's conviction. Bradford was acquitted on February 11, 2010, after a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Dna evidence cited in reversal of rape conviction in yakima, Associated Press report, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 14, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Rape_Conviction.html
Information Source 2:	"Rape conviction overturned, Chris Bristol, Yakima Herald-Republic, September 14, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/287029964753939
Information Source 3:	"Jurors find Bradford innocent of rape, By Mark Morey (staff), Yakima Herald-Republic, February 11, 2010"
Information Location 3:	http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/02/11/jurors-begin-deliberation-in-bradford-case
Information Source 4:	"Not Guilty Verdict for Ted Bradford, Absolved by DNA in Yakima Rape Case That Cost Him 9 Years in Prison, By Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly, February 12, 2010"
Information Location 4:	http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/02/not_guilty_verdict_for_ted_bra.php
Information Source 5:	"Ninth Circuit Revives Claim Detective Fabricated Evidence in Rape Case, Says Suit Was Timely, By a MetNews Staff Writer, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA), September 28, 2015"
Information Location 5:	http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/brad092815.htm
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Ted Louis Bradford

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Yakima

City of Crime:

Yakima

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Admissions retracted by Bradford that he retracted as false because he was telling the detectives what they wanted to hear.

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 13, 2006, a Yakima County Superior Court judge vacated Ted Bradford's conviction based on the new evidence of a DNA test unavailable at the time of his conviction. The Court of Appeals reinstated Bradford's conviction. Bradford was acquitted on February 11, 2010, after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Dna evidence cited in reversal of rape conviction in yakima, Associated Press report, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 14, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Rape_Conviction.html

Information Source 2:

"Rape conviction overturned, Chris Bristol, Yakima Herald-Republic, September 14, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/287029964753939

Information Source 3:

"Jurors find Bradford innocent of rape, By Mark Morey (staff), Yakima Herald-Republic, February 11, 2010"

Information Location 3:

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/02/11/jurors-begin-deliberation-in-bradford-case

Information Source 4:

"Not Guilty Verdict for Ted Bradford, Absolved by DNA in Yakima Rape Case That Cost Him 9 Years in Prison, By Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly, February 12, 2010"

Information Location 4:

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/02/not_guilty_verdict_for_ted_bra.php

Information Source 5:

"Ninth Circuit Revives Claim Detective Fabricated Evidence in Rape Case, Says Suit Was Timely, By a MetNews Staff Writer, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA), September 28, 2015"

Information Location 5:

http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/brad092815.htm

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