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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

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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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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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