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8.5 |
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Murder |
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Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1989 |
Year
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2000 |
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Canada |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
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Wrongly convicted in 1989 of murdering his wife Brenda in Newfoundland. Dalton's conviction was overturned on appeal 8-1/2 years later. 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. |
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Acquitted after a retrial based on forensic evidence his wife had choked to death on her food.
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Wrongful Convictions Revisited Again, David Allan Harris, August 20, 2003 |
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