Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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2011 |
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2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Virginia |
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Richmond |
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Richmond |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
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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" |
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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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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org