Robert Clark Jr.

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Charge:	"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	24.33
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Cobb
City of Crime:	Atlanta
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Clark Jr. was wrongly convicted in 1982 of the rape, robbery and kidnapping of a woman in East Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 1981. The jury relied on the victim's eyewitness identification to convict Clark. He was sentenced to life in prison. Robert Clark was exonerated in 2005 when DNA testing on crime scene evidence excluded him as the assalant. Robert Clark was released on December 8, after 24 years of wrongful imprisonment. In March 2007 Georgia's legislature approved a payment of $1.2 million to Clark. In April the Georgia Senate approved the payment. In May 2007 Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed the bill."
Conviction Caused By:	Victim's erroneous identification of Robert Clark Jr. as her assailant.
Innocence Proved By:	"Excluded by DNA test unavilable at the time of his 1982 conviction. Conviction vacated an released on December 8, 2005."
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$1.2 million special appropriation by the Georgia legislature, signed by Georgia's governor in May 2007."
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"After 24 years in prison, man has reason to smile, Shaila Dewan, New York Times, December 8, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/national/08convict.html?pagewanted=print
Information Source 2:	"House votes $1.2 million for wrongly imprisoned man, By Jeremy Redmon, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 20, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/legis07/stories/2007/03/20/0320clark.html
Information Source 3:	"Perdue signs bills, compensates man freed through DNA, By Shannon McCaffrey (AP writer), Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA), May 24, 2007"
Information Location 3:	http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/44332.html
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Robert Clark Jr.

Charge:

"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

24.33

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Cobb

City of Crime:

Atlanta

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Victim's erroneous identification of Robert Clark Jr. as her assailant.

Innocence Proved By:

"Excluded by DNA test unavilable at the time of his 1982 conviction. Conviction vacated an released on December 8, 2005."

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$1.2 million special appropriation by the Georgia legislature, signed by Georgia's governor in May 2007."

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"After 24 years in prison, man has reason to smile, Shaila Dewan, New York Times, December 8, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/national/08convict.html?pagewanted=print

Information Source 2:

"House votes $1.2 million for wrongly imprisoned man, By Jeremy Redmon, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 20, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/legis07/stories/2007/03/20/0320clark.html

Information Source 3:

"Perdue signs bills, compensates man freed through DNA, By Shannon McCaffrey (AP writer), Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA), May 24, 2007"

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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/44332.html

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