Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
20 years to life in prison |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
1976 |
Year Convicted: |
1979 |
Year Cleared: |
1983 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Westchester |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Patricia Cohen |
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Sex: |
Female |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Cohen, 50 NY 2d 908, 431 NYS 2d 446 (NY Court of Appeal, 1980)" |
Information Location 1: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3621387257914774842&q=Patricia+Cohen&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33" |
Information Source 2: |
"People v. Cohen, 58 NY 2d 844, 460 NYS 2d 18 (NY Court of Appeals, 1983)" |
Information Location 2: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=740801822684386187&q=Patricia+Cohen&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33" |
Information Source 3: |
"Retrial in Question In '76 Murder Case, By The Associated Press, The New York Times, April 28, 1982" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/nyregion/the-region-retrial-in-question-in-76-murder-case.html |
Information Source 4: |
"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807" |
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http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions |
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