Kevin Condren

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6
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Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1990
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kevin Condren was an aboriginal Australian wrongly convicted of murder in 1984 in Queensland based on his alleged confession to the crime. Condren claimed the confession was coerced and fabricated by the police. In 1990 the Queensland Court of Criminal Appeal and Australia's High Court both found serious problems casting doubt on the validity of Condren's alleged confession and his conviction based on three new witnesses who didn't testify at his trial. Queensland's Attorney-General reviewed the evidence and recommended that Condren be released. Kelvin Condren was released in 1990. Detailed information about the case is in the book, 'A death in the Tiwi islands -- Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community' By Eric Venbrux (Cambridge University Press, 1995), esp at pp 150-181."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession under police coercion.
Innocence Proved By:	Cleared by three new witnesses who didn't testify at his trial. Ct. of Appeal reversed his conviction.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Native
Information Source 1:	""Responding To Custody Levels - Compensation For Miscarriage Of Justice""
Information Location 1:	http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/car/1993/6/21.html
Information Source 2:	""Innocent People Have Been Executed: Australia""
Information Location 2:	http://www.angelfire.com/stars/dorina/australia.html
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Book About Case:	"A death in the Tiwi islands -- Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community' By Eric Venbrux (Cambridge University Press, 1995), esp at pp 150-181"
Book Information:	http://books.google.com/books?id=viM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Kevin+Condren+murder&source=bl&ots=ew7p7TqQ66&sig=Eut46umyRZgD95NX_vuC1hYZbdM&hl=en&ei=4BgrTpXjJuLjiAL1wqGwAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Kevin%20Condren%20murder&f=false
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Kevin Condren

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1990

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession under police coercion.

Innocence Proved By:

Cleared by three new witnesses who didn't testify at his trial. Ct. of Appeal reversed his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Native

Information Source 1:

""Responding To Custody Levels - Compensation For Miscarriage Of Justice""

Information Location 1:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/car/1993/6/21.html

Information Source 2:

""Innocent People Have Been Executed: Australia""

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http://www.angelfire.com/stars/dorina/australia.html

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Book About Case:

"A death in the Tiwi islands -- Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community' By Eric Venbrux (Cambridge University Press, 1995), esp at pp 150-181"

Book Information:

http://books.google.com/books?id=viM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Kevin+Condren+murder&source=bl&ots=ew7p7TqQ66&sig=Eut46umyRZgD95NX_vuC1hYZbdM&hl=en&ei=4BgrTpXjJuLjiAL1wqGwAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Kevin%20Condren%20murder&f=false

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