Rodney L. Bragg

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arkansas
County or Region of Crime:	Nevada
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Rodney L Bragg was wrongly convicted in January 1996 of delivery of a controlled substance (drugs) in Nevada County, Arkansas. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Bragg's conviction was based on perjury by a policeman who also falsified documents. Conviction overturned in December 2000 by a federal magistrate who ruled that the agents testimony was questionable. Rodney Bragg was released after almost five years of wrongful imprisonment. Bragg filed a claim for $1.5 million in compensation in June 2006. The Arkansas Claims Commission awarded Bragg $200,000 on August 10, 2006. It was the first time a wrongful imprisonment compensation claim was recommended to the Arkansas legislature by the Claims Board."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjury by a policeman who also falsified documents, and the prosecutors failure to disclose favorable evidence."
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned by a federal magistrate in December 2000.
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:	"$200,000 (State of Arkansas, August 2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Bragg v. Norris, 128 F. Supp. 2d 587 (USDC E.D. Arkansas, 2000)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.leagle.com/decision/2000715128FSupp2d587_1660
Information Source 2:	"Nevada county man seeks compensation for wrongful conviction, Reporter Pamela Smith, KATV Chnl 7, June 8, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0606/334726.html
Information Source 3:	"Man freed from prison seeks 1.5 million, Produced by Roberta Buerkle, KTHV tv, Little Rock, AR, June 9, 2006"
Information Location 3:	http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=29706
Information Source 4:	"“Brady-Based Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims, Buckley, and the Arkansas Coram Nobis Remedy,” By Law Professor J. Thomas Sullivan, 561 Arkansas Law Review 64)"
Information Location 4:	http://lawreview.law.uark.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sullivan.pdf
Information Source 5:	"Minutes Of The Arkansas State Claims Commission, www.claimscommission.ar.gov, August 10, 2006"
Information Location 5:	http://claimscommission.ar.gov/MIN%20August%202006%20%20EDIT%20final.doc
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Rodney L. Bragg

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arkansas

County or Region of Crime:

Nevada

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjury by a policeman who also falsified documents, and the prosecutors failure to disclose favorable evidence."

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned by a federal magistrate in December 2000.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$200,000 (State of Arkansas, August 2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Bragg v. Norris, 128 F. Supp. 2d 587 (USDC E.D. Arkansas, 2000)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.leagle.com/decision/2000715128FSupp2d587_1660

Information Source 2:

"Nevada county man seeks compensation for wrongful conviction, Reporter Pamela Smith, KATV Chnl 7, June 8, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0606/334726.html

Information Source 3:

"Man freed from prison seeks 1.5 million, Produced by Roberta Buerkle, KTHV tv, Little Rock, AR, June 9, 2006"

Information Location 3:

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=29706

Information Source 4:

"“Brady-Based Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims, Buckley, and the Arkansas Coram Nobis Remedy,” By Law Professor J. Thomas Sullivan, 561 Arkansas Law Review 64)"

Information Location 4:

http://lawreview.law.uark.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sullivan.pdf

Information Source 5:

"Minutes Of The Arkansas State Claims Commission, www.claimscommission.ar.gov, August 10, 2006"

Information Location 5:

http://claimscommission.ar.gov/MIN%20August%202006%20%20EDIT%20final.doc

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