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Jimmie Gardner

 

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

Information Source 1:

"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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