Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
2003 |
Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
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Australia |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Wrongly convicted in 2006 of murdering David Rogers, his 73-year-old landlord in 2003. Raymond Paul Davy was sentenced to life in prison. In 2007 the Queensland Court of Appeal quashed Davy's conviction as a miscarriage of justice on the grounds of insufficient evidence of his guilt. The court found the possibility that Rogers' died from natural causes was not excluded beyond a reasonable doubt. " |
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In 2007 the Queensland Court of Appeal quashed Davy's conviction as a miscarriage of justice on the grounds of insufficient evidence of his guilt. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
42 |
Age When Released: |
43 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Man granted retrial over flatmate's death, By Debra Nowland and Kim Lyell, ABC Local, March 10, 2009" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/10/2512053.htm?site=idx-qld |
Information Source 2: |
"Murder conviction quashed, The Australian, March 9, 2009" |
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"http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21351576-29277,00.html" |
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