Timothy Brown

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Broward
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Timothy Brown was the co-defendant of Keith King. Both were wrongly convicted of murdering a Florida sheriff's deputy. Brown was 14 at the time of the crime. The conviction of Tim Brown, who reportedly has mental retardation, was based on his confession under interrogation to the crime. (Keith Brown also confessed to the crime.) Brown was sentenced to life in prison. In February 2002 a former jail deputy admitted killing the deputy. Brown's federal writ of habeas corpus was pending, and it was amended with the new evidence undermining the veracity of his conviction. In March 2003 a U.S. District Court judge vacated Brown's conviction on the ground that he did not intelligently waive his constitutional rights prior to confessing. When the prosecution declined to retry him and dismissed the charges, Brown was released from prison in May 2003 after spending nearly 12 years in prison."
Conviction Caused By:	False confessions by Timothy Brown and his co-defendant Keith King to the crime.
Innocence Proved By:	"In March 2003 a U.S. District Court judge vacated Timothy Brown's conviction on the ground that he did not intelligently waive his constitutional rights prior to confessing. When the prosecution declined to retry him and dismissed the charges, Brown was released from prison in May 2003."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Brown Could Be Released After 11 Years Behind Bars, By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express, May 9, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/laws/timbrown.htm
Information Source 2:	"Judge overturns Florida man's murder conviction, Jet magazine, June 2, 2003"
Information Location 2:	http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_23_103/ai_102697056
Information Source 3:	"New confession in old murder, By Daniel de Vise and Wanda De Marzo, Miami Herald, February 8, 2002"
Information Location 3:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/behan-case.htm
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Timothy Brown

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Broward

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confessions by Timothy Brown and his co-defendant Keith King to the crime.

Innocence Proved By:

"In March 2003 a U.S. District Court judge vacated Timothy Brown's conviction on the ground that he did not intelligently waive his constitutional rights prior to confessing. When the prosecution declined to retry him and dismissed the charges, Brown was released from prison in May 2003."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Brown Could Be Released After 11 Years Behind Bars, By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express, May 9, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/laws/timbrown.htm

Information Source 2:

"Judge overturns Florida man's murder conviction, Jet magazine, June 2, 2003"

Information Location 2:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_23_103/ai_102697056

Information Source 3:

"New confession in old murder, By Daniel de Vise and Wanda De Marzo, Miami Herald, February 8, 2002"

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http://www.truthinjustice.org/behan-case.htm

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