Willie Davidson

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Charge:	"Rape, Sodomy and Kidnapping"
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Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Norfolk
City of Crime:	Norfolk
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Willie Davidson was wrongly convicted in 1981 of a November 27, 1980 rape based on the victim's identification of him. Davidson was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and he was paroled in 1992 after almost 12 years of incarceration. Davidson was pardoned by Virginia Governor Mark Warner in December 2005 based on DNA tests unavailable at the time of Davidson's trial."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned by VA Governor Warner based on exclusionary DNA tests.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$168,775 (State of Virginia)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Gov. Warner pardons two men cleared by old DNA evidence, Michelle Washington, The Virginian-Pilot, December 23, 2005"
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Willie Davidson

Charge:

"Rape, Sodomy and Kidnapping"

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Norfolk

City of Crime:

Norfolk

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned by VA Governor Warner based on exclusionary DNA tests.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$168,775 (State of Virginia)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Gov. Warner pardons two men cleared by old DNA evidence, Michelle Washington, The Virginian-Pilot, December 23, 2005"

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http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=97251&ran=60400

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