Timothy John Evans

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Executed
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1949
Year Convicted:	1950
Year Cleared:	1966
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Pardoned Posthumously After Execution
Summary of Case:	"Timothy John Evans was wrongly convicted and hanged in 1950 after falsely confessing to the murder of his wife and infant daughter. Granted posthumous pardon in Nov. 1966 based on overwhelming evidence that John Christie had committed the murders. Christie who had falsely testified against Evans to conceal his own complicity, confessed to the murders in 1953. Mr. Christie was also executed. Timothy Evans was posthumously pardoned by the British government on October 18, 1966 based on evidence of his innocence."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession by Timothy Evans and perjured testimony by the actual killer, John Christie and Christie's wife against Evans."
Innocence Proved By:	Evidence the murders had actually been committed by John Christie.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 2:	""The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony," Gisli H. Gudjonsson, John Wiley & Sons, 1992, p. 235-239"
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Book About Case:	""Ten Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy (1961)"
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Timothy John Evans

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1949

Year Convicted:

1950

Year Cleared:

1966

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Pardoned Posthumously After Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession by Timothy Evans and perjured testimony by the actual killer, John Christie and Christie's wife against Evans."

Innocence Proved By:

Evidence the murders had actually been committed by John Christie.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocent UK website

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

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""The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony," Gisli H. Gudjonsson, John Wiley & Sons, 1992, p. 235-239"

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""Ten Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy (1961)"

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