Geneva France

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.6
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Richland
City of Crime:	Mansfield
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"One of nineteen people from Mansfield, Ohio wrongly convicted of selling drugs based on the false testimony of DEA informant Jerrell Bray who worked under the supervision of DEA agent Lee Lucas. She was sentenced to ten years in prison. After Bray admitted he made up his accusation against Geneva France, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion to vacate her conviction and her immediate release. A federal judge vacated France's conviction and she was released on June 29, 2007, after being wrongly imprisoned for 16 months after her conviction, and 19 months after her November 2005 arrest."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the federal DEA informant who never bought any drugs from her.
Innocence Proved By:	"A federal judge vacated France's conviction and she was released on June 29, 2007,"
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"They stole the truth,' says woman convicted for crime she didn't commit, by John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 21, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/they_stole_the_truth_says_woma.html
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Geneva France

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.6

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Richland

City of Crime:

Mansfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the federal DEA informant who never bought any drugs from her.

Innocence Proved By:

"A federal judge vacated France's conviction and she was released on June 29, 2007,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"They stole the truth,' says woman convicted for crime she didn't commit, by John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 21, 2008"

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http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/they_stole_the_truth_says_woma.html

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