Donald Dodd

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life in prison with 17 year minimum before parole eligibility
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Donald Dodd was wrongly convicted in June 2012 of second-degree murder in Ontario, Canada. Dodd was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years before being eligible for parole. On April 27, 2015 the Ontario Court of Appeal quashed Dodd's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient evidence he was at the crime scene, and ordered his acquittal."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"R. v. Dodd, 2015 ONCA 286 (Ontario Ct. of Appeal, April 27, 2015) (Quashing conviction based on insufficient evidence and ordering acquittal.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2015/2015ONCA0286.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court of Appeal overturns conviction on 2008 Windsor double murder, By Dalson Chen (Staff writer), The Windsor Star, April 27, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/court-of-appeal-overturns-conviction-on-2008-windsor-double-murder
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Donald Dodd

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life in prison with 17 year minimum before parole eligibility

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"R. v. Dodd, 2015 ONCA 286 (Ontario Ct. of Appeal, April 27, 2015) (Quashing conviction based on insufficient evidence and ordering acquittal.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2015/2015ONCA0286.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court of Appeal overturns conviction on 2008 Windsor double murder, By Dalson Chen (Staff writer), The Windsor Star, April 27, 2015"

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http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/court-of-appeal-overturns-conviction-on-2008-windsor-double-murder

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