Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
7 years with 5 years 1 months suspended |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.33 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Virginia |
County or Region of Crime: |
Fairfax |
City of Crime: |
Alexandria |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Maligie Conteh |
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Innocence Proved By: |
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Defendant Aided By: |
"University of Virginia School of Law's Innocence Project Clinic and the law firm McGuireWoods (Charlottesville, VA)" |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
19 |
Age When Released: |
21 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Maligie Conteh, whose robbery conviction was overturned, will be tried again, By Justin Jouvenal (Staff writer), Thw Washington Post, Oct. 3, 2012" |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/maligie-conteh-whose-robbery-conviction-was-overturned-will-be-tried-again/2012/10/03/5760a7a4-0da1-11e2-a310-2363842b7057_blog.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Judge Overturns Robbery Conviction of UVA Law Clinic Client Facing Deportation, Sept. 14, 2012, University of Virginia Law School" |
Information Location 2: |
https://www.law.virginia.edu/html/news/2012_fall/conteh.htm |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org