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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Years Imprisoned: |
4 |
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Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2000 |
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United Kingdom |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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Lee Clegg was wrongly convicted of murder in 1993 while he was on duty as a British paratrooper in Northern Ireland. Clegg's conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeals in 2000. He had been released from prison on parole in 1997 after serving four years in prison. In May 2006 Clegg was informed that his claim for compensation had been denied. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction quashed by the Court of Appeals in 2000. |
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Compensation Awarded: |
Denied by British govt. |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
23 |
Age When Released: |
27 |
Sex: |
Male |
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White |
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"Paratrooper wrongly convicted of joyrider's murder is denied payout, by Sean Rayment, Telegraph (UK), May 7, 2006" |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/07/nclegg07.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/07/ixhome.html |
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