Michael Byrne

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8
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Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michael Byrne, Malcolm Byrne (not brothers) and Victor Boreman were codefendants. Wrongly convicted in 1998 of murder in the 1996 death of a man who likely died because of fumes from a fire in his house hours after the three men assaulted him. In June 2006 the Criminal Court of Appeals quashed the men's murder convictions and life sentences, and replaced them with "charges of wounding with intent and and unlawful wounding" and eight years sentences. So the men were released with time served."
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Innocence Proved By:	Court of Appeals quashed murder conviction and life sentence in June 2006.
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Flawed evidence clears three of murder, by Paul Lewis, The Guardian (UK), June 20, 2006"
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Michael Byrne

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Court of Appeals quashed murder conviction and life sentence in June 2006.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

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"Flawed evidence clears three of murder, by Paul Lewis, The Guardian (UK), June 20, 2006"

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"http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329509136-117700,00.html"

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