Ronnie Danelle Brass

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nevada
County or Region of Crime:	Clark
City of Crime:	Las Vegas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously - Died in prison
Summary of Case:	Ronnie Danelle Brass
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 29, 2014 the Nevada Supreme Court en banc unanimously reversed Ronnie Brass' convictions posthumously because of the prosecution's constitutional error of excluding a black juror on the basis of race deprived Brass of his right to due process."
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Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Jermaine Brass v. State, No. 56146 (Nev. Sup. Ct., 5-29-2014)"
Information Location 1:	http://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/document/view.do?csNameID=23834&csIID=23834&deLinkID=466877&sireDocumentNumber=14-17303
Information Source 2:	"Jermaine Brass v. State, 128 Nev. , 291 P.3d 145 (2012)"
Information Location 2:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4566034655499713741&q=Brass+v.+State,++291+P.3d++145&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 3:	"Nevada justices reverse Las Vegas murder conviction of dead inmate, By Sean Whaley (Staff writer), Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 29, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/nevada-justices-reverse-las-vegas-murder-conviction-dead-inmate
Information Source 4:	"Pair sentenced in brother-in-law's slaying, By Staff writer, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 29, 2010"
Information Location 4:	http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pair-sentenced-brother-laws-slaying
Information Source 5:	"Man Convicted of Las Vegas Murder Stabbed to Death in Prison, KLAS-TV (Las Vegas), March 22, 2012"
Information Location 5:	KLAS-
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Ronnie Danelle Brass

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nevada

County or Region of Crime:

Clark

City of Crime:

Las Vegas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously - Died in prison

Summary of Case:

Ronnie Danelle Brass

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 29, 2014 the Nevada Supreme Court en banc unanimously reversed Ronnie Brass' convictions posthumously because of the prosecution's constitutional error of excluding a black juror on the basis of race deprived Brass of his right to due process."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Jermaine Brass v. State, No. 56146 (Nev. Sup. Ct., 5-29-2014)"

Information Location 1:

http://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/document/view.do?csNameID=23834&csIID=23834&deLinkID=466877&sireDocumentNumber=14-17303

Information Source 2:

"Jermaine Brass v. State, 128 Nev. , 291 P.3d 145 (2012)"

Information Location 2:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4566034655499713741&q=Brass+v.+State,++291+P.3d++145&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

Information Source 3:

"Nevada justices reverse Las Vegas murder conviction of dead inmate, By Sean Whaley (Staff writer), Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 29, 2014"

Information Location 3:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/nevada-justices-reverse-las-vegas-murder-conviction-dead-inmate

Information Source 4:

"Pair sentenced in brother-in-law's slaying, By Staff writer, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 29, 2010"

Information Location 4:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pair-sentenced-brother-laws-slaying

Information Source 5:

"Man Convicted of Las Vegas Murder Stabbed to Death in Prison, KLAS-TV (Las Vegas), March 22, 2012"

Information Location 5:

KLAS-

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