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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Arson |
Sentence: |
Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing |
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Year Crime: |
1996 |
Year Convicted: |
2002 |
Year Cleared: |
2004 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Massachusetts - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Bristol |
City of Crime: |
Taunton |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Humberto Correia was wrongly convicted of arson in 2002. Acquitted after a retrial, and the Federal Judge described the quality of his legal representation as so inadequae that it constituted a serious miscarriage of justice." |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Other |
Information Source 1: |
"Miscarriage of Justice' - Fed Judge Slams State Rep with Legal Malpractice Suit in '02 Case, David Weber, Boston Herald, February 20, 2005" |
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http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=69464 |
Information Source 2: |
"Malpractice suit revived, By Gerry Tuoti (staff writer), Taunton Daily Gazette, August 6, 2008" |
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http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x27202247/Malpractice-suit-revived |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org