Frederick Renee Daye

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Charge:	Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10.57
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1994
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Diego
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Frederick Renee Daye was wrongly convicted on June 4, 1984 of two counts of rape, kidnapping, robbery, and unlawful taking of an automobile by the erroneous eyewitness ID of the victim and a bystander. Frederick Daye was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, plus 14 years an 8 months for the rape and auto theft convictions, while his sentence for robbery was stayed. Daye was exonerated by DNA testing techniques unavailable at the time of his trial that excluuded him as the source of crime scene evidence. Daye's habeas corpus petition based on the new evidence was granted on September 26, 1994 and his convictions were vacated. Daye was released the next day, on September 27, 1994. In October 2001 Daye filed a claim with California's Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. On March 22, 2002 he was awarded $386,000 in compensation by the California Claims Board for his 3,860 days of wrongful imprisonment (10 years and 260 days) from the day of his conviction to his release."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error of the victim and a bystander.
Innocence Proved By:	Daye was exonerated by DNA testing techniques unavailable at the time of his trial that excluuded him as the source of crime scene evidence.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$386,000 (State of California, March 2002)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"In the Matter of the Claim of Frederick R. Daye, No. G513821, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, March 22, 2002"
Information Location 1:	http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Daye.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"
Information Location 2:	http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/
Information Source 3:	"Seattle Times, October 9, 1994"
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Information Source 4:	"San Diego Union & Tribune, December 11, 1994"
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Frederick Renee Daye

Charge:

Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10.57

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Diego

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error of the victim and a bystander.

Innocence Proved By:

Daye was exonerated by DNA testing techniques unavailable at the time of his trial that excluuded him as the source of crime scene evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$386,000 (State of California, March 2002)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"In the Matter of the Claim of Frederick R. Daye, No. G513821, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, March 22, 2002"

Information Location 1:

http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Daye.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"

Information Location 2:

http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/

Information Source 3:

"Seattle Times, October 9, 1994"

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"San Diego Union & Tribune, December 11, 1994"

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