Ronald Dalton

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8.5
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Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Newfoundland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ronald Dalton was wrongly convicted in 1989 of murdering his wife Brenda in Newfoundland. Dalton's conviction was overturned on appeal 8-1/2 years later in 1998. Dalton was released on bail from prison pending a new trial. Dalton was acquitted in 2000 after a retrial. Forensic evidence indicated his wife Brenda had not been strangled. Rather, she choked to death on her own food. Dalton was awarded an undisclosed amount of compensation in 2008 by the Newfoundland government."
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Innocence Proved By:	Ronald Dalton was qcquitted after a retrial based on forensic evidence his wife had choked to death on her food.
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Compensation Awarded:	"Yes (Newfoundland, Canada, 2008) - Amount no disclosed"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongful Convictions Revisited Again, David Allan Harris, August 20, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.lawyers.ca/dharris/articles/wrongfulconvictionspartIV.htm
Information Source 2:	"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 13"
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Ronald Dalton

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Newfoundland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Ronald Dalton was qcquitted after a retrial based on forensic evidence his wife had choked to death on her food.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"Yes (Newfoundland, Canada, 2008) - Amount no disclosed"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wrongful Convictions Revisited Again, David Allan Harris, August 20, 2003"

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http://www.lawyers.ca/dharris/articles/wrongfulconvictionspartIV.htm

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"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 13"

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