Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Rape and Assault |
Sentence: |
33 years to Life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
27 |
Year Crime: |
1987 |
Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
West Virginia |
County or Region of Crime: |
Kanawha |
City of Crime: |
Charleston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Jimmie Gardner was wrongly convicted in 1990 of raping a woman, and assaulting her mother in their home in Charleston, West Virginia in 1987." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
20 |
Age When Released: |
47 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
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"Former pro-baseball player "humbled," acknowledges victims as charges are dropped, " |
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http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Judge-claims-mockery-of-justice-orders-new-trial--man-released-from-jail--373602451.html |
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