Wayland Matthew Fox

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Charge:	Indecency with a Child
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.08
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wayland Matthew Fox was wrongly convicted on December 14, 2007 of "Indecency with a Child by Contact." Fox was charged in March 2006 with allegedly sexually molesting his ex-wife's son. Fox was sentenced to 10 years in prison. In January 2010 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Fox's conviction and he was released on bail on January 14, 2010 after 25 months of imprisonment. In May 2011 Fox published his book about his experience, 'First In The Mind & Heart A True Story About the Resilience of the Human Spirit Fox,' Wayland Matthew (Lucid Books 2011)"
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Innocence Proved By:	"In January 2010 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Fox's conviction and he was released on bail on January 14, 2010."
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Age When Imprisoned:	56
Age When Released:	58
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wayland Matthew Fox, Wrongfully Convicted of Child Molestation, Speaks Out About His Release, By Mandy Oaklander (staff), Houston Press, June 9, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/06/wayland_matthew_fox_wrongfully.php
Information Source 2:	"FOX v. STATE, No. 14-08-00004-CR. (TX Court of Appeals 14th Dist, March 31, 2009)"
Information Location 2:	http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1057343.html
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Book About Case:	"First In The Mind & Heart A True Story About the Resilience of the Human Spirit Fox,' Wayland Matthew (Lucid Books 2011)"
Book Information:	http://www.firstinthemindandheart.com/
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Wayland Matthew Fox

Charge:

Indecency with a Child

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.08

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In January 2010 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Fox's conviction and he was released on bail on January 14, 2010."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

56

Age When Released:

58

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wayland Matthew Fox, Wrongfully Convicted of Child Molestation, Speaks Out About His Release, By Mandy Oaklander (staff), Houston Press, June 9, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/06/wayland_matthew_fox_wrongfully.php

Information Source 2:

"FOX v. STATE, No. 14-08-00004-CR. (TX Court of Appeals 14th Dist, March 31, 2009)"

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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-appeals/1057343.html

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Book About Case:

"First In The Mind & Heart A True Story About the Resilience of the Human Spirit Fox,' Wayland Matthew (Lucid Books 2011)"

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http://www.firstinthemindandheart.com/

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