Jacob Cash

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	50 years
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Hillsborough
City of Crime:	Tampa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jacob Cash was wrongly convicted in 1998 of second-degree murder for shooting a hitchhiker in 1997 who commandeered his car and started to drive the car with Jacob Cash hanging out the window while trying to get out. The jury rejected Cash's defense that he acted in self-defense. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Cash's motion for a new trial was granted, and on June 19, 2008 he was acquitted by a jury after a retrial. Cash was wrongly imprisoned for almost 11 years."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Acquitted on June 19, 2008 after a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Upstate man freed after conviction overturned, By Sandra Renrick, WSPA Channel 7 (Greenville, SC), July 7, 2008"
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Jacob Cash

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Hillsborough

City of Crime:

Tampa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Acquitted on June 19, 2008 after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Upstate man freed after conviction overturned, By Sandra Renrick, WSPA Channel 7 (Greenville, SC), July 7, 2008"

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http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/upstate_man_freed_after_conviction_overturned/5663/

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