Mark Clark

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	King
City of Crime:	Auburn
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mark Clark and Jeff Schmieder were codefendants convicted in 1998 of a rape that allegedly occurred in Auburn, Washington. The only evidence against the two men was the testimony of the alleged victim. While the men were awaiting sentencing Clark's wife, Jill, investigated on her own and found out from the alleged victim's boyfriend that she had been in the Auburn City Jail at the time she alleged the rape took place. She been booked under her married name and she hadn't been fingerprinted, which is why a search under her maiden name turned up no record of her arrest. Clark's wife also found evidence that at the time of the alleged rape Clark had been in the Auburn traffic court. Based on the new evidence the convictions of Schmieder and Clark were vacated in 1999 and they were released after almost a year in custody."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by the alleged victim
Innocence Proved By:	"Mark Clark's wife, Jill, investigated on her own and found out from the alleged victim's boyfriend at the time that she had been in the Auburn, Washington jail at the time she alleged the rape took place. She been booked under her married name and she hadn't been fingerprinted, which is why a search under her maiden name turned up no record of her arrest."
Defendant Aided By:	Mark Clark's wife tenaciously investigated the case after her husband and friend Jeff Schmieder's wrongful conviction.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Two Innocent Men + One Determined Wife = Freedom," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5."
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Mark Clark

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

King

City of Crime:

Auburn

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by the alleged victim

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Mark Clark's wife tenaciously investigated the case after her husband and friend Jeff Schmieder's wrongful conviction.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Two Innocent Men + One Determined Wife = Freedom," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5."

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http://www.justicedenied.org/v1issue5.htm

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