Bradford Brown

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	18 years to life
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1975
Year Cleared:	1979
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:	"Bradford Brown was wrongly convicted in 1975 of second-degree murder in the District of Columbia. Brown was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Brown's conviction was overturned by an appellate court and he was released in 1979. The appellate court said: "The system worked but unfortunately convicted a man who was legally and factually innocent." Brown was convicted in spite of his plain innocence, and a detective said: "I kept thinking about what could have happened if Bradford had been in a state with the death penalty.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"Brown's conviction was overturned by an appellate court and he was released in 1979. The appellate court said: "The system worked but unfortunately convicted a man who was legally and factually innocent.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 101."
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Bradford Brown

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

18 years to life

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1975

Year Cleared:

1979

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:

Innocence Proved By:

"Brown's conviction was overturned by an appellate court and he was released in 1979. The appellate court said: "The system worked but unfortunately convicted a man who was legally and factually innocent.""

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 101."

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