Elia Mae Elison

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1974
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Elia Mae Elison was wrongly convicted of murder and armed robbery. In 1976 the two key prosecution witnesses recanted and said Elia Elison was innocent. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed Elison's convictions because the prosecutor concealed exonerating evidence
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured prosecution testimony and concealment of exonerating evidence by the prosecution.
Innocence Proved By:	MA Supreme Judicial Ct reversed Elison's convictions because the prosecutor concealed exonerating evidence and the two key witnesses recanted.
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct
Information Location 1:	http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38
Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 112."
Information Location 2:
Information Source 3:	"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, Amnesty International, June 20, 2004"
Information Location 3:	http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/actionteams/dp/mistake.htm
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Elia Mae Elison

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1974

Year Cleared:

1978

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Elia Mae Elison was wrongly convicted of murder and armed robbery. In 1976 the two key prosecution witnesses recanted and said Elia Elison was innocent. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed Elison's convictions because the prosecutor concealed exonerating evidence

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured prosecution testimony and concealment of exonerating evidence by the prosecution.

Innocence Proved By:

MA Supreme Judicial Ct reversed Elison's convictions because the prosecutor concealed exonerating evidence and the two key witnesses recanted.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

Information Location 1:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

Information Source 2:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 112."

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, Amnesty International, June 20, 2004"

Information Location 3:

http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/actionteams/dp/mistake.htm

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: