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Keith Brown

 

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

35 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.25

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Wilson

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Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Keith Brown was wrongly convicted of rape based on his false confession under interrogation pressure by law enforcement officers. He was exonerated by DNA evidence. Released from prison on July 7, 1997. Pardoned on the basis of his factual innocence by North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt on July 9, 1999."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession

Innocence Proved By:

Exclusionary post-conviction DNA testing.

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Compensation Awarded:

Yes

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Tallahassee Democrat, July 8, 1997 & July 11, 1997"

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