Anthony Faison

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	14
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anthony Faison was codefendant of Charles Shepherd. Both men were convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison based on a mistaken eyewitness identification. Faison wrote 62,000 letters proclaiming his innocence. Faison and Shepherd were exonerated by fingerprints that didn't match those of the confessed killer found at the crime scene of a cab driver's murder on March 14, 1987. Faison was awarded $1,650,000 in compensation in January 2003 for 14 years of wrongful imprisonment by the New York State Court of Claims. Faison also filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York, which was settled for $360,000 in 2003."
Conviction Caused By:	"False informant who perjured herself to split the $1,000 reward with her boyfriend, who actually committed the murder."
Innocence Proved By:	His fingerprints didn't match those of the killer.
Defendant Aided By:	"Faison wrote 62,000 letters trying to enlist help from someone on the outside."
Compensation Awarded:	"$2,010,000 total. $1.65 million (State of New York, January 2003) & $360,000 (City of New York)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Newspaper & magazine articles
Information Location 1:	""Among inmate's 62,000 letters, one leads to freedom," Larry McShane (AP), Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC, August 26, 2001, A1 and A8."
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Information Location 2:	""Innocent Man Writes His Way Out of Prison After 62,000," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 22, March 2003"
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Information Location 3:	"State to Give 2 Wrongly Convicted Men $1.65 Million Each, The New York Times, January 16, 2003"
Information Source 4:	www.nytimes.com/.../state-to-give-2-wrongly-convicted-men-1.65-million-each.html
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Anthony Faison

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False informant who perjured herself to split the $1,000 reward with her boyfriend, who actually committed the murder."

Innocence Proved By:

His fingerprints didn't match those of the killer.

Defendant Aided By:

"Faison wrote 62,000 letters trying to enlist help from someone on the outside."

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,010,000 total. $1.65 million (State of New York, January 2003) & $360,000 (City of New York)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Newspaper & magazine articles

Information Location 1:

""Among inmate's 62,000 letters, one leads to freedom," Larry McShane (AP), Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC, August 26, 2001, A1 and A8."

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Information Location 2:

""Innocent Man Writes His Way Out of Prison After 62,000," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 22, March 2003"

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Information Location 3:

"State to Give 2 Wrongly Convicted Men $1.65 Million Each, The New York Times, January 16, 2003"

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www.nytimes.com/.../state-to-give-2-wrongly-convicted-men-1.65-million-each.html

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