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Ricky Cullipher

 

Charge:

Reckless Endangerment

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Hampton

City of Crime:

Hampton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted in February 1997 of shooting a friend after a two hour bench trial, based on his confession to the crime. Ricky Cullipher was sentenced in January 1998 to 9 years imprisonment. In 2001 a federal judge granted Cullipher's writ of habeas corpus based on evidence that his lawyer was incompentent by not presenting evidence that he did not commit the shooting and was impaired by his drug addiction. The prosecution declined to retry Cullipher and dropped the charges. He was released on May 24, 2001 after more than four years of imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession to shooting his friend.

Innocence Proved By:

"In 2001 a federal judge granted Cullipher's writ of habeas corpus based on evidence that he did not commit the shooting, and he was released in May 2001."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ricky free, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), May 25, 2001"

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"Ricky and Danny - Daily Press, (Newport News, VA), September 26, 1999"

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"http://www.dailypress.com/news/specials/dp-news-ricky-1ricky,0,6018084.htmlstory"

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