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John Diver

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

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."

Conviction Caused By:

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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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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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