Larry Fisher

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1985
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Lauderdale
City of Crime:	Meridian
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (Not released due to other charges.)
Summary of Case:	"Larry Fisher was wrongly convicted in April 1984 of the rape and murder of 18-year-old Patsy Jo Rivers on February 11, 1983 in Meridian, Mississippi. After his conviction by a jury Fisher was sentenced to death. On October 16, 1985 the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned Fisher's conviction and ordered a new trial. Fisher was acquitted on December 13, 1985 by a jury after his retrial. Fisher was not released because he had been charged with an unrelated rape. He was convicted in February 1986 of that rape, and sentenced to life in prison. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on September 14, 1988. Fisher's parole was denied in November 2015 after he had served almost 30 years of his sentence."
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Innocence Proved By:	Larry Fisher was acquitted after his retrial in 1985.
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row
Information Source 2:	"Parole denied for convicted Mississippi rapist, By Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Nov. 30, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/11/30/parole-denied-larry-fisher/76566784/
Information Source 3:	"Meet the Exonerated: Mississippi's Death Row, Part Three, Smoke & Mirrors, May 14, 2010"
Information Location 3:	http://canucwhatic.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-exonerated-mississippis-death-row_14.html
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Larry Fisher

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1985

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Lauderdale

City of Crime:

Meridian

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (Not released due to other charges.)

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Larry Fisher was acquitted after his retrial in 1985.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row

Information Source 2:

"Parole denied for convicted Mississippi rapist, By Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Nov. 30, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/11/30/parole-denied-larry-fisher/76566784/

Information Source 3:

"Meet the Exonerated: Mississippi's Death Row, Part Three, Smoke & Mirrors, May 14, 2010"

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http://canucwhatic.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-exonerated-mississippis-death-row_14.html

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