Martin Patrick Foran (1978 robbery conviction)

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Birmingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Martin Patrick Foran was wrongly convicted in June 1978 of robbery. Foran was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was released in 1985. Foran's case was investigated by the Criminal Case Review Commission that referred it to the court of appeals for review. Martin Foran's 1978 robbery conviction was quashed in October 2014 by England and Wales Court of Appeals as "unsafe." It was Foran's second conviction to be overturned. In 2013 his 1985 convictions of robbery and conspiracy to rob a pub in Birmingham, England on September 9, 1984 were quashed by England and Wales Court of Appeals as "unsafe.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"Martin Foran's 1978 robbery conviction was quashed in October 2014 by England and Wales Court of Appeals as "unsafe.""
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Man has 1978 convictions overturned, By Staff writers, Burnley Express, October 17, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/regional/man-has-1978-convictions-overturned-1-6901805
Information Source 2:	"I spent 18 years in jail for crimes I didn't commit: Dying pensioner Martin Foran reveals his torment behind bars, By Amy Glendinning (Staff writer), Manchester Evening News, October 19, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/spent-18-years-jail-crimes-7955990
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Martin Patrick Foran (1978 robbery conviction)

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Birmingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Martin Foran's 1978 robbery conviction was quashed in October 2014 by England and Wales Court of Appeals as "unsafe.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Man has 1978 convictions overturned, By Staff writers, Burnley Express, October 17, 2014"

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http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/regional/man-has-1978-convictions-overturned-1-6901805

Information Source 2:

"I spent 18 years in jail for crimes I didn't commit: Dying pensioner Martin Foran reveals his torment behind bars, By Amy Glendinning (Staff writer), Manchester Evening News, October 19, 2014"

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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/spent-18-years-jail-crimes-7955990

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