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Patricia Cohen

 

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

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Patricia Cohen

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Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

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"

Information Location 4:

http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

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