James Brown

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Charge:	Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.
Sentence:	46 months
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Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas - Federal Case
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"James Brown was wrongly convicted along with three co-defendants, all of who worked at Merrill Lynch, of conspiracy and wire fraud in regards to a deal for Enron's sale of three electricity-generating barges off the Nigerian coast in 1999. Those charges were reversed by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 1, 2006. The Court upheld perjury and obstruction of justice charges that Brown only had been found guilty of committing."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conspiracy and wire fraud convictions reversed by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 1, 2006."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"United States v. Brown, No. 05-20319 (5th Cir. 08-01-2006)"
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Information Source 2:	"4 ex-Merrill Lynch execs' convictions overturned, by John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle, August 2, 2006"
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James Brown

Charge:

Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.

Sentence:

46 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conspiracy and wire fraud convictions reversed by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 1, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"United States v. Brown, No. 05-20319 (5th Cir. 08-01-2006)"

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"4 ex-Merrill Lynch execs' convictions overturned, by John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle, August 2, 2006"

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www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4088364.html

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