Jeffrey David Cox

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Charge:	Murder and Kidnapping
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Richmond
City of Crime:	Richmond
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"After the FBI investigated the case of Jeffrey David Cox and the US Attorney's Office charged another man with the murder Cox was convicted of, he was released after a hearing during which the State's Attorney stated: "We have reliable and compelling evidence that it was not Mr. Cox. An innocent man spent 11 years in jail." Jeffrey Cox was convicted by a jury in 1991 of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and breaking and entering in the death of a woman in Richmond, Virginia in August 1990 based on a eyewitnesses identification of him. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 50 years. In 2002 The State of Virginia awarded Cox compensation of $750,000 in 2002."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit identified
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Compensation Awarded:	"$750,000 (State of Virginia, 2002)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	33
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""New Evidence Overturns Virginia Murder Convcition," Brooke A. Masters (staff), The Washington Post, November 14, 2001."
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/jeff-cox2.htm
Information Source 2:	"Innocent Man Released From Prison after 11 yrs., By Larry O'Dell, Associated Press, November 14, 2001"
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Jeffrey David Cox

Charge:

Murder and Kidnapping

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Richmond

City of Crime:

Richmond

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit identified

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$750,000 (State of Virginia, 2002)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""New Evidence Overturns Virginia Murder Convcition," Brooke A. Masters (staff), The Washington Post, November 14, 2001."

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http://www.truthinjustice.org/jeff-cox2.htm

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"Innocent Man Released From Prison after 11 yrs., By Larry O'Dell, Associated Press, November 14, 2001"

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