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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
15 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
13 |
Year Crime: |
1980 |
Year Convicted: |
1981 |
Year Cleared: |
1999 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Rhode Island |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Paul Courteau |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
20 |
Age When Released: |
34 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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"Paul Courteau, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3125 |
Information Source 2: |
"Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003, Samuel R Gross et al, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2005" |
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