Leonard Callace

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Charge:	Sodomy and Sex Abuse
Sentence:	25 to 50 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.25
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Leonard Callace was wrongly convicted in 1987 of sodomy and sexual assault in Suffolk County, New York. Callace was exonerated by DNA testing"
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and ineffective counsel.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial.
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Leonard Callace

Charge:

Sodomy and Sex Abuse

Sentence:

25 to 50 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.25

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Leonard Callace was wrongly convicted in 1987 of sodomy and sexual assault in Suffolk County, New York. Callace was exonerated by DNA testing"

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and ineffective counsel.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=02

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