John Dixon

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Charge:	"Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Rape"
Sentence:	46 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Newark
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"John Dixon wrongly pled guilty to sexual assault, kidnapping, and robbery because he feared a harsher sentence if convicted by a jury. Efforts to withdraw his plea were futile. Dixon was exonerated by post-conviction DNA tests"
Conviction Caused By:	Falsely pled guilty under the fear of a more harsh sentence if convicted after a trial.
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"DNA Test Clears Newark Man Who Served 10 Years for Christmas Rape-Robbery, Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), November 29, 2001, p. 23."
Information Location 1:	WL30233099
Information Source 2:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=94
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John Dixon

Charge:

"Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Rape"

Sentence:

46 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Newark

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"John Dixon wrongly pled guilty to sexual assault, kidnapping, and robbery because he feared a harsher sentence if convicted by a jury. Efforts to withdraw his plea were futile. Dixon was exonerated by post-conviction DNA tests"

Conviction Caused By:

Falsely pled guilty under the fear of a more harsh sentence if convicted after a trial.

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"DNA Test Clears Newark Man Who Served 10 Years for Christmas Rape-Robbery, Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), November 29, 2001, p. 23."

Information Location 1:

WL30233099

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=94

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