Sheila Bryan

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Tift
City of Crime:	Omega
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Sheila Bryan was wrongly convicted of murder in 1998 for allegedly setting fire to her car in 1996 that resulted in the death of her mother. Her conviction was based on the testimony of a prosecution expert that an accellerant was used to start the fire. Bryan was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years. Her conviction was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court and she was released on bail. She was acquitted on January 28, 2000 after her retrial. During her retrial experts testified in Bryan's defense that no accellerant was needed to start the fire."
Conviction Caused By:	Erronerous expert testimony that an accellerant was used to start the fire that consumed the car.
Innocence Proved By:	"She was acquitted on January 28, 2000 after her retrial."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State of Georgia v. Sheila Bryan -- A Small-Town Mom Is Accused Of Killing Her Own Mother, CBS 48 Hours tv show"
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Sheila Bryan

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Tift

City of Crime:

Omega

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erronerous expert testimony that an accellerant was used to start the fire that consumed the car.

Innocence Proved By:

"She was acquitted on January 28, 2000 after her retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State of Georgia v. Sheila Bryan -- A Small-Town Mom Is Accused Of Killing Her Own Mother, CBS 48 Hours tv show"

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http://truthinjustice.org/sbryan-1.htm

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