Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
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Year Convicted: |
2000 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ireland |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Wrongly convicted in 2000 of murdering his wife on December 2, 1996. Conviction overturned by Ireland's Supreme Court in 2005 based on new evidence. Diver's conviction was quashed on appeal and in July 2006 John Diver was acquitted by a jury after a retrial." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction overturned by Ireland's Supreme Court in 2005 based on new evidence. Diver was acquitted in July 2006 after a retrial. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
59 |
Age When Released: |
65 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"John diver found not guilty of wife's murder, Ireland On-line, July 12, 2006" |
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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=217992940&p=zy7993755 |
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