Susan Cummings

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	20
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Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Susan Cummings was wrongly convicted in 1985 of murder. Pardoned on December 29, 2004 by Washington Governor Gary Locke after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by two prosecution informants who both retracted their ID of Cummings after her conviction.
Innocence Proved By:	"Pardoned on December 29, 2004 by WA Governor Gary Locke after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Locke Pardons Mostly Praised, Hector Castro and Tracy Johnson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dec 30, 2004, p. B1, B4."
Information Location 1:	http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/205851_pardon30.html
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Susan Cummings

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Susan Cummings was wrongly convicted in 1985 of murder. Pardoned on December 29, 2004 by Washington Governor Gary Locke after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by two prosecution informants who both retracted their ID of Cummings after her conviction.

Innocence Proved By:

"Pardoned on December 29, 2004 by WA Governor Gary Locke after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Locke Pardons Mostly Praised, Hector Castro and Tracy Johnson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dec 30, 2004, p. B1, B4."

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/205851_pardon30.html

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