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Anthony E Bragdon


Years Imprisoned:

10

Charge:

Assault with Intent to Rape

Sentence:

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2003

Location of Trial:

District of Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)

Summary of Case:

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:

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

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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