Peter Frumusa

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8
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Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Niagra Falls
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Peter Frumusa was wrongly convicted of murdering a Niagara Falls, Ontario couple. The Ontario Ct. of Appeals ordered a new trial in 1996 and charges were dropped in June 1998. Settled a suit for compensation in 2004, but the terms were not publicly disclosed."
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Innocence Proved By:	The Ontario Ct. of Appeals ordered a new trial in 1996 and charges were dropped in June 1998.
Defendant Aided By:	"AIDWYC & Attorney James Lockyear, who was also the attorney for Gordon Folland, Gregory Parsons, Guy Paul Morin and David Milgaard and Clayton Johnson - all exonerated. "
Compensation Awarded:	"Yes (Ontario, Canada, 2004) - amount of award confidential"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""The lawyer who has 'a cause for a client'James Lockyer is famous for clearing the wrongfully convicted.He's not so big on helping the guilty, Kirk Makin (Justice Reporter), Globe and Mail, May 12, 1999.."
Information Location 1:	http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/5015/Articles_of_Interest/news3.html
Information Source 2:	"Settlement Won in Wrongful Conviction, Adrian Humphreys, National Post , January 15, 2004"
Information Location 2:	http://www.injusticebusters.com/04/Frumusa_Peter.htm
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Peter Frumusa

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Niagra Falls

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Peter Frumusa was wrongly convicted of murdering a Niagara Falls, Ontario couple. The Ontario Ct. of Appeals ordered a new trial in 1996 and charges were dropped in June 1998. Settled a suit for compensation in 2004, but the terms were not publicly disclosed."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The Ontario Ct. of Appeals ordered a new trial in 1996 and charges were dropped in June 1998.

Defendant Aided By:

"AIDWYC & Attorney James Lockyear, who was also the attorney for Gordon Folland, Gregory Parsons, Guy Paul Morin and David Milgaard and Clayton Johnson - all exonerated. "

Compensation Awarded:

"Yes (Ontario, Canada, 2004) - amount of award confidential"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""The lawyer who has 'a cause for a client'James Lockyer is famous for clearing the wrongfully convicted.He's not so big on helping the guilty, Kirk Makin (Justice Reporter), Globe and Mail, May 12, 1999.."

Information Location 1:

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/5015/Articles_of_Interest/news3.html

Information Source 2:

"Settlement Won in Wrongful Conviction, Adrian Humphreys, National Post , January 15, 2004"

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http://www.injusticebusters.com/04/Frumusa_Peter.htm

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