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Anthony Cooper

 

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.58

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Tulsa

City of Crime:

Tulsa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Anthony Cooper was wrongly convicted on May 17, 1995 of one count of sexually abusing a child related to his alleged assault of his ex-wife's seven-year-old son in 1993 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After his conviction by a jury Cooper was sentenced to 50 years in prison. "

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Innocence Proved By:

"Cooper was acquitted on April 9, 1999 by a jury after a retrial."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Anthony Cooper, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4757

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