Vincent Ferrara

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Charge:	"Racketeering, gambling and extortion"
Sentence:	22 years
Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Vincent M. Ferrera was wrongly convicted in 1992 and sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering, gambling, extortion and ordering a murder in order to avoid a life sentence. The key witness against Vincent Ferrera recanted his allegations against Ferrera prior to his plea, but the federal prosecutors did not tell Ferrera's attorneys. In 2002 the witness came forward to reveal that the prosecutors and federal investigators coerced him into going along with his allegations. Ferrera's murder conviction was overturned and he was released in 2005 after 13 years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Federal investigator and prosecutor misconduct by failing to disclose that the key witness had recanted his allegations against Ferrara.
Innocence Proved By:	Murder conviction overturned in 2005.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, March 22, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nodp.org/ma/mass_mistake.html
Information Source 2:	"Vincent M. Ferrera, Wikipedia.org (last viewed 3-1-2017)"
Information Location 2:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_M._Ferrara
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Vincent Ferrara

Charge:

"Racketeering, gambling and extortion"

Sentence:

22 years

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Federal investigator and prosecutor misconduct by failing to disclose that the key witness had recanted his allegations against Ferrara.

Innocence Proved By:

Murder conviction overturned in 2005.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, March 22, 2006"

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http://www.nodp.org/ma/mass_mistake.html

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"Vincent M. Ferrera, Wikipedia.org (last viewed 3-1-2017)"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_M._Ferrara

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