Roy Wayne Criner

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	99 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Montgomery
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Roy Wayne Criner was wrongly convicted of rape and exonerated after 10 years in prison, after being excluded as the assailant by DNA testing of crime scene evidence. After the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously (18-0) to approve Criner's pardon, Texas Governor George W. Bush pardoned Roy Criner on August 14, 2000, agreeing "that credible new evidence raises substantial doubt about the guilt of Roy Criner and that he should receive a pardon.""
Conviction Caused By:	False police informant and prosecutorial misconduct
Innocence Proved By:	"DNA evidence excluded Roy Criner as the woman's assailant. Texas Governor George W. Bush pardoned Roy Criner on August 14, 2000, "
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$130,208.33 lump sum payment plus $2,201.73 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 1-12-2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Frontline
Information Location 1:	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/cases/
Information Source 2:	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (compensation amount)
Information Location 2:	http://www.window.state.tx.us/
Information Source 3:	"Washington Post, 8-16-00"
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Information Source 4:	"Houston Chronicle, 11-26-00"
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Roy Wayne Criner

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

99 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Montgomery

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False police informant and prosecutorial misconduct

Innocence Proved By:

"DNA evidence excluded Roy Criner as the woman's assailant. Texas Governor George W. Bush pardoned Roy Criner on August 14, 2000, "

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$130,208.33 lump sum payment plus $2,201.73 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 1-12-2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Frontline

Information Location 1:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/cases/

Information Source 2:

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (compensation amount)

Information Location 2:

http://www.window.state.tx.us/

Information Source 3:

"Washington Post, 8-16-00"

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"Houston Chronicle, 11-26-00"

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