Webster L. Chapman

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	58 to 64 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Webster L. Chapman was wrongly convicted in December 2006 of raping a 17-year-old girl unconscious from drinking. Webster Chapman was to 58 to 64 years in prison. In August 2008 New York's Court of Appeal overturned Chapman's conviction, ruling both that there insufficient evidence he forced the teenager to have sex, and that his lawyer had provided ineffective representation by his public defender. The court's ruling barred his retrial on the charges."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In August 2008 New York's Court of Appeal overturned Chapman's conviction, ruling both that there insufficient evidence he forced the teenager to have sex, and that his lawyer had provided ineffective representation by his public defender. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	39
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"NY vs Webster L Chapman, 2008 ny slip op 06657 (NY Ct of Appeals, 08-21-2008)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2008/2008_06657.htm
Information Source 2:	"Washington County Man’s Rape Conviction Overturned, North Country Gazette, August 24, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/08/24/rape_reversal/
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Webster L. Chapman

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

58 to 64 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In August 2008 New York's Court of Appeal overturned Chapman's conviction, ruling both that there insufficient evidence he forced the teenager to have sex, and that his lawyer had provided ineffective representation by his public defender. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

39

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"NY vs Webster L Chapman, 2008 ny slip op 06657 (NY Ct of Appeals, 08-21-2008)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2008/2008_06657.htm

Information Source 2:

"Washington County Man’s Rape Conviction Overturned, North Country Gazette, August 24, 2008"

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http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/08/24/rape_reversal/

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