Charles T. Dubbs

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	12 to 40 years
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Lancaster
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Charles T. Dubbs was wrongly convicted in 2002 of sexually assaulting two women based on their eyewitness identifications of him as their assailtant.. Charles Dubbs was sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison. Dubbs' convictions were vacated in September 2007 and he was released after a serial rapist's confessions to the crimes was deemed credible. Dubbs was wrongly imprisoned for almost six years.
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewintess identification by two victims.
Innocence Proved By:	Charles Dubbs was sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison. Dubbs' convictions were vacated in September 2007 and he was released after a serial rapist's confessions to the crimes was deemed credible.
Defendant Aided By:	"Pete Shellem, reporter with The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, PA."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Dubbs' conviction thrown out, Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), September 12, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://truthinjustice.org/dubbs2.htm
Information Source 2:	"Man freed after other inmate confesses to sexual assaults, WHTM ABC channel 27 (Harrisburg, PA), September 12, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/0907/454759.html
Information Source 3:	"Look-alikes - was the wrong man convicted, By Pete Shellem, Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), May 27, 2007"
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Charles T. Dubbs

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

12 to 40 years

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Lancaster

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewintess identification by two victims.

Innocence Proved By:

Charles Dubbs was sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison. Dubbs' convictions were vacated in September 2007 and he was released after a serial rapist's confessions to the crimes was deemed credible.

Defendant Aided By:

"Pete Shellem, reporter with The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, PA."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Dubbs' conviction thrown out, Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), September 12, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://truthinjustice.org/dubbs2.htm

Information Source 2:

"Man freed after other inmate confesses to sexual assaults, WHTM ABC channel 27 (Harrisburg, PA), September 12, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/0907/454759.html

Information Source 3:

"Look-alikes - was the wrong man convicted, By Pete Shellem, Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), May 27, 2007"

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