Frederick Clay

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	37.67
Year Crime:	1979
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Frederick Clay
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 8, 2017 a motion by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office to dismiss the charges against Clay was granted."
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Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Convicted at age 16, man freed 38 years later as innocent man, By Jenifer McKim & Christopher Burrell, The Eye (New England Center for Investigative Reporting), August 8, 2017"
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Frederick Clay

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

37.67

Year Crime:

1979

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Frederick Clay

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 8, 2017 a motion by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office to dismiss the charges against Clay was granted."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Convicted at age 16, man freed 38 years later as innocent man, By Jenifer McKim & Christopher Burrell, The Eye (New England Center for Investigative Reporting), August 8, 2017"

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https://www.necir.org/2017/08/08/convicted-age-16-man-emerges-38-years-later-prison-innocent-man/

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