Rosalynd Collier-Hammond

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Charge:	Rape of minor
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	16.5
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	Cleveland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Rosalynd Collier-Hammond was wrongly convicted on April 2, 1999 of two counts of raping her daughter when she was four years-old in Cleveland, Ohio. Her prosecution was based on her daughter's testimony. After her conviction by the jury Rosalynd Hammond was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2014 her then 31-year-old daughter recanted, claiming she had been pressured to lie by her father. Based on the new recantation evidence Hammond filed a post-conviction to vacate her conviction and to be awarded a new trial. After an evidentiary hearing was held, on November 3, 2015 Judge Robert McClelland granted her petition, and ten days later ordered her release from prison on bond pending her retrial. The Cuyahoga County District Attorney's Office elected not to retry Collier-Hammond -- since their case had been based on her daughter's now recanted testimony -- and on April 17, 2017 their motion to dismiss the charges against her was granted. On January 28, 2019 Hammond filed a claim for compensation under Ohio's wrongful imprisonment statute."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new recantation evidence Hammond filed a post-conviction to vacate her conviction and to be awarded a new trial. After an evidentiary hearing was held, on November 3, 2015 Judge Robert McClelland granted her petition, and ten days later ordered her release from prison on bond pending her retrial. The Cuyahoga County District Attorney's Office elected not to retry Collier-Hammond -- since their case had been based on her daughter's now recanted testimony -- and on April 17, 2017 their motion to dismiss the charges against her was granted."
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Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	54
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Rosalynd Collier-Hammond

Charge:

Rape of minor

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

16.5

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

Cleveland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Rosalynd Collier-Hammond, National Registry of Exonerations"

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