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Ronald Davis

 

Charge:

Drug related and firearm charges

Sentence:

11 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Richland

City of Crime:

Mansfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Ronald Davis was one of seventeen people from Mansfield, Ohio wrongly convicted of selling drugs based on the false testimony of DEA informant Jerrell Bray who worked under the supervision of DEA agent Lee Lucas. Ronald Davis was arrested in November 2005, but his trial wasn't until February 2007. Davis was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was convicted of buying cocaine. After Bray admitted he made up his accusations against the defendants, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion to vacate all their convictions. Davis' conviction were vacated in 2007 after 16 months of wrongful imprisonment."

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"After Bray admitted he made up his accusations against the defendants, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion to vacate all their convictions. The convictions were vacated and they were released on or about February 1, 2008, except for Dwayne Nabors, who was released on bail in October 2007, and Geneva France and Ronald Davis, whose convictions were overturned in June 2007. "

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Fallout continues from informant's confession, By John Caniglia, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, October 16, 2007"

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http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/10/federal_prosecutors_said_they.html

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