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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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8.5 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1989 |
Year
Cleared:
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2000 |
Location
of Trial:
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Canada |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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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 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
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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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Compensation Awarded: |
Yes (2008) - Amount no disclosed |
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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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White |
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