Harold Buntin

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Charge:	Rape and Robbery (including burglary)
Sentence:	50 years
Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	Marion
City of Crime:	Indianapolis
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Harold Buntin was wrongly convicted in absentia in 1986 of the 1984 rape and robbery of a dry cleaning store clerk, when Buntin was 15. Buntin was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Buntin was arrested in Florida in 1994 and extradicted to Indiana to begin serving his sentence. In June 2004 DNA tests excluded Buntin as the rapist, but he wasn't released until almost three years later on April 20, 2007, after 13 years of wrongful imprisonment. In August 2007 Buntin filed suit against his lawyer for malpractic related to the delay in his release from prison, and in January 2008 Buntin sued the Marion County Superior Court for the its handling of his case that delayed his release."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim and he had the same blood type as the assailant
Innocence Proved By:	"DNA test on June 30, 2004 excluded Buntin as the rapist and robber."
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"I never should have been in jail' -- Indy man is angry that '05 order for his release was wrongly put in storage, By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, April 24, 2007"
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Harold Buntin

Charge:

Rape and Robbery (including burglary)

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

Marion

City of Crime:

Indianapolis

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim and he had the same blood type as the assailant

Innocence Proved By:

"DNA test on June 30, 2004 excluded Buntin as the rapist and robber."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"I never should have been in jail' -- Indy man is angry that '05 order for his release was wrongly put in storage, By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, April 24, 2007"

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