Peter Alan Fell

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	18
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Aldershot
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Peter Alan Fell falsely confessed to a double murder after being subjected to an "oppressive" police interrogation. He retracted his confession and the evidence against him was so weak that he was only convicted by a 10-2 majority. Two of the 12 jurors voted to acquit him, and they were correct in their doubts. Jim Nichol, Peter Fell's solicitor said: "He may be a crackpot, he may be crazy, he may be all these things - and probably was in 1982 - but a murderer he was not and never has been." (http://christianparty.net/dnaengland.htm). Convictions quashed by Ct. of Appeals on March 22, 2001."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession.
Innocence Proved By:	"Proof he falsely confessed. Court of Appeals quashed both murder convictions on March 22, 2001."
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Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/peterfell/
Information Source 2:	68% of Convictions Reviewed in England Are Overturned
Information Location 2:	http://christianparty.net/dnaengland.htm
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Peter Alan Fell

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

18

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Aldershot

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession.

Innocence Proved By:

"Proof he falsely confessed. Court of Appeals quashed both murder convictions on March 22, 2001."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocent UK website

Information Location 1:

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

Information Source 2:

68% of Convictions Reviewed in England Are Overturned

Information Location 2:

http://christianparty.net/dnaengland.htm

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"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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