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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Shawn Duncan was wrongly convicted in 2008 of a drug offense in Trinidad and Tobago. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Duncan's conviction was overturned in 2009. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Bad day for magistrates in Appeal Court, By Francis Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, May 27, 2009" |
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http://guardian.co.tt/news/crime/2009/05/27/bad-day-magistrates-appeal-court |
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"Magistrates should resign, By Onika James, Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday, May 27, 2009" |
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"http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,100887.html" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org