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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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10 |
Charge: |
Assault with Intent to Rape |
Sentence: |
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Year Convicted: |
1992 |
Year
Cleared:
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2003 |
Location
of Trial:
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District of Columbia |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
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Wrongly convicted of assault with intent to rape based on defective tests on the physical evidence by the FBI that erroneously implicated Anthony E Bragdon. Convicted in 1992, 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 fiibers he found on the alleged victim's clothing were traceable to Bragdon's apartment - when he knew they didn't. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False testimony of FBI lab technician that physical evidence linked Bragdon to the victim when it didn't. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Investigation into FBI lab practices uncovered the lab techs duplicity. Braggdon's conviction was overturned in March 2003.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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19 |
Age
When Released:
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30 |
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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