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Lambert Charles

 

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

10 to 30 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Queens

City of Crime:

New York

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Lambert Charles, then a 17-year-old small-time drug dealer, confessed to a Queens murder he did not commit after being threatened and offered $5,000 by a ruthless drug gang linked to 76 murders and led by a smooth-talking killer nicknamed "Preacher." (Newsday, 12-8-02) Convicted in 1993, Charles served 5 years in prison before being released on July 22, 1998."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession after being threatened by police interrogators.

Innocence Proved By:

"Lambert Charles was released on July 23, 1998 after his conviction was overturned after 5 years in prison."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"For Them, No Justice: Bad Convictions put 13 men in prison. Persistance - and luck - got them out, Sean Gardiner (staff), Newsday, Dec 9, 2002."

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"http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-nymain083037821dec08,0,3428693.story?coll=ny-nycnews-featured"

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