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Randy Druken

Years Imprisoned:	5
Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2000
Location of Trial:	Canada
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	In 1995, Randy Druken was convicted in Newfoundland of murdering his girlfriend Brenda Young. This conviction was overturned on appeal after a key witness, a jailhouse informant, recanted his story claiming that police had bullied him into making a false statement. DNA testing was then done on a cigarette, which was believed to have come from the killer. That DNA did not come from Druken. The Crown then stayed the charge rather than proceed with a new trial. Evidence came to light in 1998 that Randy's brother Paul, was the actual murderer, and it was established he had been with Brenda at the time of her death. Awarded $2.1 million (Canadian) by the Newfoundland and Labrador government in December 2006.
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Innocence Proved By:	Retrial averted when DNA evidence excluded him as the murderer. As of Jan 2005 the case was still stayed.
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Compensation Awarded:	$2.1 million (Canadian) in December 2006.
Was Perpetrator Found?
Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	35
Information Source 1:	Wrongful Convictions Revisited Again, David Allan Harris, August 20, 2003
Information Location 1:	http://www.lawyers.ca/dharris/articles/wrongfulconvictionspartIV.htm
Information Source 2:	Nfld. inquiry to probe murder convictions, Kirk Makin, Justice Reporter, March 22, 2003
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Information Source 3:	N.l. government awards Randy Druken $2m for wrongful murder conviction, By Tara Brautigam (Canadian Press), Canada East, December 16, 2006
Information Location 3:	http://www.canada.com/cityguides/halifax/story.html?id=4adb73de-0617-4e98-9121-a1829f2a475d&k=28032
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Ethnicity/Skin:	White
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Randy Druken

Years Imprisoned:

5

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2000

Location of Trial:

Canada

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Retrial averted when DNA evidence excluded him as the murderer. As of Jan 2005 the case was still stayed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

$2.1 million (Canadian) in December 2006.

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

35

Information Source 1:

Wrongful Convictions Revisited Again, David Allan Harris, August 20, 2003

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http://www.lawyers.ca/dharris/articles/wrongfulconvictionspartIV.htm

Information Source 2:

Nfld. inquiry to probe murder convictions, Kirk Makin, Justice Reporter, March 22, 2003

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Information Source 3:

N.l. government awards Randy Druken $2m for wrongful murder conviction, By Tara Brautigam (Canadian Press), Canada East, December 16, 2006

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http://www.canada.com/cityguides/halifax/story.html?id=4adb73de-0617-4e98-9121-a1829f2a475d&k=28032

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Ethnicity/Skin:

White

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