Kevin John Callan

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kevin John Callan was wrongly convicted in 1991 of murder in the death his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter, Amanda Allman, on April 15, 1991. Callan's conviction was based on the testimony of two prosecution experts that the child death was due to shaken baby syndrome. Kevin Callan was sentenced to life in prison. In prison Callan became an expert in neurology and his knowledge helped prove that his daughter, who had cerebral palsy, died from the 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:	Two prosecution experts erroneously testified that Callin's 4-year-old step-daughter had been shaken to death.
Innocence Proved By:	"The U.K.'s Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on April 6, 1995 and the charges were dismissed."
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Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Kevin Callan, Innocent UK website, August 20, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/kevincallan/index.html
Information Source 2:	"Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997)"
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Book About Case:	"Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997)"
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Kevin John Callan

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Two prosecution experts erroneously testified that Callin's 4-year-old step-daughter had been shaken to death.

Innocence Proved By:

"The U.K.'s Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on April 6, 1995 and the charges were dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Kevin Callan, Innocent UK website, August 20, 2003"

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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/kevincallan/index.html

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"Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997)"

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"Kevin Callan's Story by Kevin Callan (Little Brown & Co., 1997)"

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