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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
22 |
Year Crime: |
1994 |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Oklahoma |
County or Region of Crime: |
Tulsa |
City of Crime: |
Tulsa |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"De’Marchoe Montez Carpenter (aka Demarco Carpenter) and Malcolm Scott (aka Malcom Scott) were wrongly convicted on November 9, 1995 of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and other charges related to the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott and Carpenter were 18 when each was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 170 years. A post-conviction investigatio of their case by the Oklahoma Innocence Project discovered the new evidence of sworn statements from three men who claim to be the actual perpetrators of the drive-by shooting, as well as signed affidavits from eyewitnesses recanting what they testified at Scott and Carpenter’s trial. On May 9, 2016 Tulsa County District Judge Sharon Holmes granted their applications for post-conviction relief on Monday and declared them “actually innocent” based on new evidence that was not presented to the jury that found them guilty in 1995. Prosecutors said they intend to appeal the decision. Scott and Carpenter were ordered immediately released on bond, and they were released from custody on May 10, 2016. On November 10, 2016 the Oklahoma Court of Appeals denied the State's appeal." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous eyewitness testimony. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"On May 9, 2016 Tulsa County District Judge Sharon Holmes granted their applications for post-conviction relief on Monday and declared them “actually innocent” based on new evidence that was not presented to the jury that found them guilty in 1995. Prosecutors said they intend to appeal the decision. Scott and Carpenter were ordered immediately released on bond, and they were released from custody on May 10. In November 2016 the Oklahoma Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Holmes ruling." |
Defendant Aided By: |
Oklahoma Innocence Project |
Compensation Awarded: |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
Age When Imprisoned: |
17 |
Age When Released: |
39 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Two Tulsa men declared innocent in 1994 fatal shooting after serving 20 years in prison, By Arianna Pickard (World Staff Writer), Tulsa World, May 11, 2016" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/two-tulsa-men-declared-innocent-in-fatal-shooting-after-serving/article_c64cac2f-152d-5466-b846-73ee79118e24.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Exonerated Men Spend First Christmas With The Thunder, By Kassie McClung (The Frontier), NewsOn6.com, December 26, 2016" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.newson6.com/story/34131259/exonerated-men-spend-first-christmas-with-the-thunder |
Information Source 3: |
"Appeals court closes case of Tulsa men declared innocent of 1994 murder, By Paighten Harkins (Staff reporter), Tulsa World, November 12, 2016" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/appeals-court-closes-case-of-tulsa-men-declared-innocent-of/article_4d47ad42-7ca2-539e-a1df-b612c1f9f218.html |
Information Source 4: |
"Lawsuit: Police Used Coercion and Hid Evidence to Wrongfully Convict Seven People, By Kate Briquelet, thedailybeast.com, July 14, 2017" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.thedailybeast.com/lawsuit-police-used-coercion-and-hid-evidence-to-wrongfully-convict-seven-of-murder |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org