Derrick Gause

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	9.25
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Monroe
City of Crime:	Rochester
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Derrick Gause was wrongly convicted on March 3, 2003 of second-degree murder in the death of Whitney Morris in Rochester, New York in 2002. The jury acquitted Gause of first-degree "intentional" murder. Gause was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In 2008 the New York Court of Appeals reversed Gause's conviction on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to prove the essential element that Gause showed "deparaved indifference" to human life. Gause was retried in August 2008 of the same charges and again convicted of second-dgree murder that involved the same element of "deparved indifference." On June 5, 2012 the NY Court of Appeals vacated Gause's conviction on the basis it violated his right against double jeopardy. On June 7, 2012 he was released after 9 years in custody."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"The People v. Derrick Gause, No. 90 (NY Ct of Appeals, 6-5-12)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2012/Jun12/90opn12.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court of Appeals Overturns Conviction, YNN Staff, Yours New Now - Rochester, June 5, 2012"
Information Location 2:	http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/587012/court-of-appeals-overturns-conviction/
Information Source 3:	"Derrick Gause released after high court reverses murder conviction, By Gary McLendon (staff), Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), June 7, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120607/NEWS01/306070055/derrick-cause-free-after-murder-conviction-reversed
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Derrick Gause

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

9.25

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Monroe

City of Crime:

Rochester

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"The People v. Derrick Gause, No. 90 (NY Ct of Appeals, 6-5-12)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2012/Jun12/90opn12.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court of Appeals Overturns Conviction, YNN Staff, Yours New Now - Rochester, June 5, 2012"

Information Location 2:

http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/587012/court-of-appeals-overturns-conviction/

Information Source 3:

"Derrick Gause released after high court reverses murder conviction, By Gary McLendon (staff), Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), June 7, 2012"

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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120607/NEWS01/306070055/derrick-cause-free-after-murder-conviction-reversed

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