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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Richmond
City of Crime:	Richmond
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Fifteen defendants were convicted based on unreliable evidence by Richmond Police Department Detective Jason Norton. An investigation into irregularities in search warrant affidavits based on alleged information provided by alleged confidential informants and other suspicious conduct by Det. Norton from 2008 to 2012. The investigation discovered that Norton's fraudulent evidence may have been relied on to obtain more than 100 convictions.
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Information Source 1:	"No wrongdoing found in 1 detective's search warrants; Richmond pushes reforms, By Frank Green (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.richmond.com/news/article_7099aaea-59c9-5ef5-918e-3003a32f1bce.html
Information Source 2:	"Judge overturns 4th case involving former narcotics detective, By Brandon Shulleeta (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 19, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_9de64226-375a-50e4-87e6-fccf7d727824.html
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Richmond Defendant 10

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Richmond

City of Crime:

Richmond

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Information Source 1:

"No wrongdoing found in 1 detective's search warrants; Richmond pushes reforms, By Frank Green (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2, 2016"

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http://www.richmond.com/news/article_7099aaea-59c9-5ef5-918e-3003a32f1bce.html

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"Judge overturns 4th case involving former narcotics detective, By Brandon Shulleeta (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 19, 2015"

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http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_9de64226-375a-50e4-87e6-fccf7d727824.html

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