Caramad Conley

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	19
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Caramad Conley was wrongly convicted in 1994 for a double homicide in San Francisco in 1989. Conley was jailed in 1992. The key evidence against Conley was the testimony of police informant Clifford Polk. Polk testified he didn't receive any thing in exchange for his testimony. Conley was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Conley filed a motion for a new trial after a post-conviction investigation discovered that the prosecution failed to disclose that Polk had received thousands of dollars and the use of a house in exchange for his testimony and the prosecutors knew that when he testified and they did nothing to correct his perjurious testimony. In December 2010 Conley's conviction was overturned, and he was released on January 12, 2011 after 18 years of wrongful incarceration. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced they would not retry Conley. Polk is now dead. In July 2014 San Francision City Attorney Dennis Herrera approved a settlement of of Conley's lawsuit against the city for $3.5 million. The settlement agreement had to be approved by the Board of Supervisors during its July 2014 hearing."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious testimony by police informant Clifford Polk. Prosecutorial misconduct of allowing Polk to testify he received no favors in exchange for his testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	"In December 2010 Conley's conviction was overturned, and he was released on January 12, 2011."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorneys Daniel Purcell and Zachary F. Bookman
Compensation Awarded:	"$3.5 million (City of San Francisco, July 2014)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man wrongfully convicted of 2 murders freed, Justin Berton (Staff Writer), San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/13/BARQ1H868J.DTL
Information Source 2:	"Wrongfully convicted S.F. man poised to get $3.5 million, By John Coté (Staff writer), July 13, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Wrongfully-convicted-S-F-man-poised-to-get-3-5-5619070.php
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Caramad Conley

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

19

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious testimony by police informant Clifford Polk. Prosecutorial misconduct of allowing Polk to testify he received no favors in exchange for his testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

"In December 2010 Conley's conviction was overturned, and he was released on January 12, 2011."

Defendant Aided By:

Attorneys Daniel Purcell and Zachary F. Bookman

Compensation Awarded:

"$3.5 million (City of San Francisco, July 2014)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man wrongfully convicted of 2 murders freed, Justin Berton (Staff Writer), San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/13/BARQ1H868J.DTL

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"Wrongfully convicted S.F. man poised to get $3.5 million, By John Coté (Staff writer), July 13, 2014"

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http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Wrongfully-convicted-S-F-man-poised-to-get-3-5-5619070.php

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