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Osbourne Douglas

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Cayman Islands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

George Town

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Patrick McField, Osbourne Douglas and Brandon Leslie were wrongly convicted in September 2010 of murdering Omar Samuels on July 5, 2009 in George Town, Cayman Islands. The forensic evidence excluded all three from the crime, but two eyewitnesses identified they were the men who shot Samuels. On November 29, 2011 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal acquitted the three men in quashing their convictions and ordered their immediate release."

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by two eyewitnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 29, 2011 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal acquitted the three men in quashing their convictions and ordered their immediate release."

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Men acquitted of murder, Cayman News Service, November 29, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.caymannewsservice.com/crime/2011/11/29/men-acquitted-murder

Information Source 2:

"Appeal opens on GT murder, Cayman News Service, November 28, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://www.caymannewsservice.com/crime/2011/11/28/appeal-opens-gt-murder

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