Raymond Geesing

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Charge:	Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	1.5
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Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1985
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1983 for the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old South Australian schoolgirl. The south Australian Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously quashed Geesing's conviction on April 12, 1985, ruling his conviction was based on two unreliable and untrustworthy prisoner informants. One prisoner retracted his statement, and the other's information was declared inadmissible. The Court of Appeals ruled that there be no retrial, and ordered Geesing's release after 17 months of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Testimony by unreliable and untrustworthy prosecution witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed by the South Australian Court of Appeal on April 12, 1985."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The hangman and the electric chair - Part 1, by Bernie Matthews, July 28, 2005"
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Raymond Geesing

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1985

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Testimony by unreliable and untrustworthy prosecution witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by the South Australian Court of Appeal on April 12, 1985."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The hangman and the electric chair - Part 1, by Bernie Matthews, July 28, 2005"

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http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3700

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