Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
13 |
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1991 |
Year Cleared: |
2004 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Kevin Coleman was wrongly convicted in 1991 of murdering a man outside a south Florida nightclub and sentenced to life in prison. |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Kevin Coleman's Murder Conviction Tossed After 13 Years Imprisonment, Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 26, Fall 2004, p. 9." |
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"Prisoner who maintained innocence pleads no contest to manslaughter in exchange for freedom, P. Franceschina and A. Johnson, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach, FL, September 23, 2004." |
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