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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1991 |
Year
Cleared:
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1995 |
Location
of Trial:
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United Kingdom |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongly convicted of murder in 1991 of shaking to death his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter, Amanda Allman, based on the testimony of two prosecution experts. Kevin Callan was sentenced to life in prison. He became an expert in neurology and his knowledge helped prove that his daughter, who had cerebral palsy, died from lthe after-effects of brain damage caused by an earlier fall. Kevin Callan spent four years prison before the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on April 6, 1995, based on the new medical evidence about the girl's cause of death. The charges were dismissed and Callan was released. Callan wrote a book about his experience that was published in 1997, "Kevin Callan's Story." The book's foreword was written by Michael Mansfield QC, who represented Kevin Callan at his second appeal. The book is now out of print. Kevin Callan died on August 5, 2003 at the age of 45. Callan's sister and supporter during his ordeal, Janice Davies, helped to set-up the organisation "Innocent," to support Kevin and other wrongly convicted prisoners and their families in the United Kingdom. "Innocent's" website is, http://www.innocent.org.uk" |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Two prosecution experts erroneously testified that Callin's 4-year-old step-daughter had been shaken to death. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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The U.K.'s Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on April 6, 1995 and the charges were dismissed.
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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32 |
Age
When Released:
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36 |
Information Source 1: |
Kevin Callan, Innocent UK website, August 20, 2003 |
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Location 1:
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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/kevincallan/index.html |
Information
Source 2:
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Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997) |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997) |
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