Joyce Ann Brown

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	9.5
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joyce Ann Brown was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life for the 1980 murder and robbery of a Dallas, Texas storeowner. The prosecution's case was based on an eyewitnesses identification of her and a jailhouse informant's claim she confessed. Centurion Ministries was able to identify another woman who resembled Joyce Brown as the murderer, and that her conviction was based on the fabricated testimony of a "jailhouse" informant. Her story was the subject of a 60 Minutes segment in 1989. Based on the new evidence her conviction was overturned and she was released on November 3, 1989. She was wrongly imprisoned for 9 years 5 months and 24 days. In August 2009 it was announced that veteran actor Brian Dennehy would be the director of a movie about Brown's case, to be titled "Redemption." The movie is being produced and financed by Habourton Entertainment, a partnership of Centurion Ministries' founder James McCloskey, Joe Seldner and James Regan. Dennehy wrote the screenplay with Joe Seldner. The movie was scheduled to begin filming in the Spring of 2010."
Conviction Caused By:	Fabricated testimony of a jailhouse informant and erroneous eyewitness identification.
Innocence Proved By:	"Centurion Ministries was able to identify another woman who resembled Joyce Brown as the murderer, and that her conviction was based on the fabricated testimony of a "jailhouse" snitch."
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""Like A Dream," Ashley Chesire, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 28, 1983, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau."
Information Location 2:	"Since gaining freedom 20 years ago, woman has helped others do the same, By Steve Blow, Dallas Morning News, November 1, 2009"
Information Source 3:	http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/sblow/stories/DN-blow_01met.ART0.Central.Edition1.4ec1973.html
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Joyce Ann Brown

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

9.5

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Fabricated testimony of a jailhouse informant and erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

"Centurion Ministries was able to identify another woman who resembled Joyce Brown as the murderer, and that her conviction was based on the fabricated testimony of a "jailhouse" snitch."

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

Information Location 1:

http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

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""Like A Dream," Ashley Chesire, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 28, 1983, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau."

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"Since gaining freedom 20 years ago, woman has helped others do the same, By Steve Blow, Dallas Morning News, November 1, 2009"

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/sblow/stories/DN-blow_01met.ART0.Central.Edition1.4ec1973.html

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