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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
1 year |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.67 |
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Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
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United Kingdom |
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Scotland |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Posthumously |
Summary of Case: |
"Nicola Gallagher was wrongly convicted of fraud in 2009. Died in May 2010 while her case was being appealed, and several weeks later the Scottish Court of Appeals overturned her conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Lord Gill ruled, 'In my view, the circumstances were clearly prejudicial to her. The conviction must therefore be regarded as a miscarriage of justice.'" |
Conviction Caused By: |
Pled guilty after her lawyer threatened to quit if she didn't do so. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction overturned by the Court of Appeals as a 'miscarriage of justice' in May 2010. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
38 |
Age When Released: |
39 |
Sex: |
Female |
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Information Source 1: |
"Nicola Gallagher vs. Her Majesty's Advocate, [2010] HCJAC 46 (May 25, 2010)" |
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http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/2010HCJAC46.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Dead woman has conviction quashed, BBC News, May 25, 2010" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/10155646.stm |
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