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Reginald Dudley

 

Charge:

Murder and Conspiracy

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

1974

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Hertfordshire

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Reginald Dudley was codefendant of Robert Maynard, Kathleen Bailey, and Charlie Clark. The Criminal Case Review Commission referred their case to the Court of Appeals on June 21, 2000. The convictions of all four were quashed by the Court of Appeals on July 17, 2002 after being falsely convicted in 1977 of two murders. Dudley and Maynard were arrested in November 1976. Reg Dudley was wrongly imprisoned for over 20 years until his release in 1997 on bond."

Conviction Caused By:

"Police fabricated confessions allegedly made by Reg Dudley and Bob Maynard, and in exchange for a lighter sentence, a jailhouse snitch fabricated an alleged confession by the two men to the two murders."

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on July 17, 2002, after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

52

Age When Released:

72

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"R. v. Robert Maynard, Reginald Dudley, Kathleen Bailey and Charles Clarke [2002] EWCA Crim 1942"

Information Location 1:

http://netk.net.au/UK/Maynard.asp

Information Source 2:

"Torso Murder Convictions Quashed," Vikram Dodd, Guardian Unlimited, London, July 17, 2002"

Information Location 2:

http://innocent.org.uk/cases/rdudley/

Information Source 3:

"Justice was 'a long time coming', By Staff Writer, BBC News, July 21, 2002"

Information Location 3:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2133790.stm

Information Source 4:

"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

Information Location 4:

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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