Charles Lee Clark

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	30
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Year Convicted:	1938
Year Cleared:	1968
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
City of Crime:	Detroit
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Charles Lee Clark was wrongly convicted in 1938 of murder in Detroit, Michigan. Clark's prosecution was based on statements coerced by three of Clark's supposed accomplices that he committed the murder during a robbery. After his conviction by a jury Clark was sentenced to life in prison. In 1968 Clark filed a petition for a new trial based on new evidence of his innocence. The petition was granted and after the Wayne County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges was granted, Clark was released after 30 year in prison. On December 16, 1971 Charles Clark was awarded $10,000 by the Michigan legislature as compensation for his 30 years of false imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious testimony by three witnesses coerced by the police and prosecutors.
Innocence Proved By:	"In 1968 Clark filed a petition for a new trial based on new evidence of his innocence. The petition was granted and after the Wayne County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges was granted, Clark was released after 30 year in prison."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$10,000 (State of Michigan, 1971)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 105+."
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Information Source 2:	"Innocent 30 year convict is awarded $10,000 by Michigan, By UPI, The Bryan Times, December 16, 1971"
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Charles Lee Clark

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

30

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1938

Year Cleared:

1968

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Detroit

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious testimony by three witnesses coerced by the police and prosecutors.

Innocence Proved By:

"In 1968 Clark filed a petition for a new trial based on new evidence of his innocence. The petition was granted and after the Wayne County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges was granted, Clark was released after 30 year in prison."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$10,000 (State of Michigan, 1971)"

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 105+."

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"Innocent 30 year convict is awarded $10,000 by Michigan, By UPI, The Bryan Times, December 16, 1971"

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