Glen Edward Chapman

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	15
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Catawba
City of Crime:	Hickory
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Glen Edward Chapman was wrongly convicted in 1994 of a June 1992 of murdering two women in separate incidents in Hickory, North Carolina. Sentenced to death. Conviction overturned and retrial ordered in November 2007 based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence that Chapman didn't commit the murders. With ten minutes notice Chapman was released from death row and prison on April 2, 2008, after the prosecution dropped the charges. Glen Chapman was wrongly imprisoned for 15 years, including 14 years on death row."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct of concealing exculpatory evidence and police perjury.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction overturned and retrial ordered in November 2007 based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence that Chapman didn't commit the murders. Released from prison on April 2, 2008 after the prosecution dropped the charges. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"16-year-old wound reopened, Hickory Daily Record, April 3, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355188474
Information Source 2:	"The wrong man, News Observer (Charlotte, NC), April 4, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/1024439.html
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Glen Edward Chapman

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Catawba

City of Crime:

Hickory

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct of concealing exculpatory evidence and police perjury.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned and retrial ordered in November 2007 based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence that Chapman didn't commit the murders. Released from prison on April 2, 2008 after the prosecution dropped the charges. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"16-year-old wound reopened, Hickory Daily Record, April 3, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355188474

Information Source 2:

"The wrong man, News Observer (Charlotte, NC), April 4, 2008"

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http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/1024439.html

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