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Richmond Defendant 9

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

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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:

"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. As of April 2, 2016 nine convictions in state court based on unreliable evidence by Det. Norton had been overturned at the request of Richmond Commonwealth Attorney Michael Herring. In addition, three convictions in federal court based on unreliable evidence by Det. Norton were overturned on April 1, 2015 at the request of the U.S. Attorney's Office. Norton was hired as a recruit on April 5, 2004, and left the department as a police officer on July 1, 2013."

Conviction Caused By:

"Police corruption by Richmond, Virginia Police Department Detective Jason Norton who used fraudulent evidence to obtain the convictions of possibly more than 100 defendants in Virginia state courts, and federal court."

Innocence Proved By:

"As of April 2, 2016 nine convictions in state court based on unreliable evidence by Det. Norton had been overturned at the request of Richmond Commonwealth Attorney Michael Herring. In addition, three convictions in federal court based on unreliable evidence by Det. Norton were overturned on April 1, 2015 at the request of the U.S. Attorney's Office."

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Male

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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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