Dimitre Dimitrov

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Dimitre Dimitrov was wrongly convicted in 1999 of murdering his landlord in 1996. Conviction quashed and a retrial ordered in 2003, based on unreliable expert testimony that Dimitrov's foot imprint was on the inside of a bloody boot found at the victim's home. Neither the victim's nor Dimitrov's DNA matched the blood on the boot. Dimitre Dimitrov was released on bail pending his retrial. He was acquitted after a retrial in October 2005. Dimitrov was wrongly imprisoned for 4-1/2 years.. "
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert testimony that his shoe matched an imprint in a boot with blood found at the dead man's home. The appeals court ruled the testimony was unproven.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongly Convicted Murder Suspect Freed, CBC News, October 31, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-dimitrov20051031.html
Information Source 2:	"Dimitrov Walks Almost 10 Years After Landlord's Murder, Darren McEwan, CFRA Newstalk 580AM, Ottawa, October 30, 2005 "
Information Location 2:	http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=33418
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Dimitre Dimitrov

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert testimony that his shoe matched an imprint in a boot with blood found at the dead man's home. The appeals court ruled the testimony was unproven.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wrongly Convicted Murder Suspect Freed, CBC News, October 31, 2005"

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http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-dimitrov20051031.html

Information Source 2:

"Dimitrov Walks Almost 10 Years After Landlord's Murder, Darren McEwan, CFRA Newstalk 580AM, Ottawa, October 30, 2005 "

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http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=33418

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