Gayle Stickler Dove

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1990
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	El Paso
City of Crime:	El Paso
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gayle Stickler Dove and Michelle Noble were codefendants. Dove was sentenced to 3 life terms plus 60 years, and Nobel was sentneced to life in prison plus 311 years."
Conviction Caused By:	Dove's first conviction as overturned in Nov. 1987 because the the judge allowed the jury to view evidence that hadn't been admitted. Dove's second conviction was overturned in March 1989 because the judge allowed the prosecution to introduce extensive hearsay evidence and inadmissible evidence about uncharged allegations.
Innocence Proved By:	"Dove's conviction as reversed by Texas' Eighth Court of Appeals on March 31, 1989, and in April 1990 the charges were dismissed."
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Two decades after McMartin: a follow-up of 22 convicted day care employees, By Mary deYoung, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, December 1, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Two+decades+after+McMartin%3a+a+follow-up+of+22+convicted+day+care...-a0170927352
Information Source 2:	"Gayle Dove, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 2:	http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3947
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Gayle Stickler Dove

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1990

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

El Paso

City of Crime:

El Paso

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Gayle Stickler Dove and Michelle Noble were codefendants. Dove was sentenced to 3 life terms plus 60 years, and Nobel was sentneced to life in prison plus 311 years."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Dove's conviction as reversed by Texas' Eighth Court of Appeals on March 31, 1989, and in April 1990 the charges were dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Two decades after McMartin: a follow-up of 22 convicted day care employees, By Mary deYoung, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, December 1, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Two+decades+after+McMartin%3a+a+follow-up+of+22+convicted+day+care...-a0170927352

Information Source 2:

"Gayle Dove, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3947

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