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Charles Edwin Clarke

 

Charge:

Conspiracy to cause grevious bodily harm

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously

Summary of Case:

"Charles Edwin Clarke was wrongly convicted in London, England on June 17, 1977 of two counts of conspiracy to case grievous bodily harm. One count related to to William Moseley, and the other to Michael Cornwall. Clarke was sentenced to two years in prison on each count, the terms to run consecutively, for a total of four years in prison. Clarke's appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on April 2, 1979. Clarke died on June 27, 1995, and on December 22, 2000 his widow submitted an application on his behalf to the Criminal Case Review Commission. On March 1, 2001 the CCRC referred Clarke's case to the Court of Appeal. On July 17, 2002 the Court of Appeals quashed Clarke's conviction."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on July 17, 2002 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"COMMISSION REFERS CONVICTION OF MR CHAS CLARKE TO CT OF APPEAL, Press Release, gov-news.org, March 1, 2001"

Information Location 1:

http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/commission_refers_conviction_mr_chas_clarke/24978.html

Information Source 2:

"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Information Location 2:

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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