Michel Dumont

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	4 years 4 months
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michel Dumont was wrongly convicted of rape in 1994 based on false identification by victim. While imprisoned he met Solange Tremblay, who began to dig for proof of his innocence. She discovered that six months after his conviction the victim recanted her ID, but the prosecution didn't notify Dumont's lawyer - even though his appeal was pending at the time. Dumont was released from prison in 1997 after three years of wrongful imprisonment, and his conviction was quashed in 2001 by the Quebec Court of Appeal. After Dumont's release, he and Solange married. While imprisoned Dumont's two children were sexually abused in a foster home. In May 2004 Dumont announced that he and his family is seeking $8.7 million for wrongdoing by the police and prosecutors, his mistreatment in prison, and the abuse of his son and daughter while under custody of the state. On July 20, 2009 a judge in Montreal ruled against Dumont's claims and dismissed his lawsuit."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct of failing to disclose that the alleged victim recanted her identification of Dumont.
Innocence Proved By:	"Dumont's conviction was quashed in 2001 by the Quebec Court of Appeal, based on the victim's recantation of her identification of him."
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Compensation Awarded:	"No - Compensation lawsuit dismissed on July 20, 2009."
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man Wants Compensation for Being Wrongfully Jailed, Ross Marowits, Cnews, Montreal, May 03, 2004"
Information Location 1:	http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/05/03/445830-cp.html
Information Source 2:	"No damages for wrongfully convicted Montreal man, CBC News, July 20, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/07/20/montreal-dumont-lawsuit-wrongful-conviction.html
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Michel Dumont

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

4 years 4 months

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct of failing to disclose that the alleged victim recanted her identification of Dumont.

Innocence Proved By:

"Dumont's conviction was quashed in 2001 by the Quebec Court of Appeal, based on the victim's recantation of her identification of him."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"No - Compensation lawsuit dismissed on July 20, 2009."

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Man Wants Compensation for Being Wrongfully Jailed, Ross Marowits, Cnews, Montreal, May 03, 2004"

Information Location 1:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/05/03/445830-cp.html

Information Source 2:

"No damages for wrongfully convicted Montreal man, CBC News, July 20, 2009"

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/07/20/montreal-dumont-lawsuit-wrongful-conviction.html

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