Anthony E. Bragdon

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Charge:	Assault with Intent to Rape
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	10.5
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia
County or Region of Crime:	District of Columbia
City of Crime:	District of Columbia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anthony E Bragdon was wrongly convicted in 1992 of assault with intent to rape based on defective tests on the physical evidence by the FBI that erroneously implicated. Anthony Bragdon was released on parole in the summer of 2002 after serving 10 years in prison. Bragdon's conviction was overturned in March 2003. The FBI forensic technician, Michael Malone, had falsely testified that carpet fibers he found on the alleged victim's clothing were traceable to Bragdon's apartment - when he knew they didn't."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony of FBI lab technician that physical evidence linked Bragdon to the victim when it didn't.
Innocence Proved By:	Investigation into FBI lab practices uncovered the lab techs duplicity. Braggdon's conviction was overturned in March 2003.
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Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Conviction Overturned After Years In Prison: shoddy FBI lab work blamed for reversal in man's 1992 case, John Solomon (AP writer), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 28, 2003, p. A3"
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Information Source 2:	"Conviction Tossed on FBI Lab Misconduct, John Solomon (AP writer), Associated Press, May 28, 2003"
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Anthony E. Bragdon

Charge:

Assault with Intent to Rape

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

10.5

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

District of Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony of FBI lab technician that physical evidence linked Bragdon to the victim when it didn't.

Innocence Proved By:

Investigation into FBI lab practices uncovered the lab techs duplicity. Braggdon's conviction was overturned in March 2003.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Conviction Overturned After Years In Prison: shoddy FBI lab work blamed for reversal in man's 1992 case, John Solomon (AP writer), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 28, 2003, p. A3"

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"Conviction Tossed on FBI Lab Misconduct, John Solomon (AP writer), Associated Press, May 28, 2003"

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http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/5954038.htm

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