Dwaine Simeon George

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	LI with 12 year min.
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Manchester
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Dwaine Simeon George was wrongly convicted in 2002 of a murder committed in Manchester, England in 2001. He was sentenced to life in prison with a 12 year minimum before being eligible for parole. George was released on parole in 2013. The Innocence Project at Cardiff Law School (Cardiff, Wales, UK) investigated George's case, and after it was submitted to the CCRC, his case was referred it to the Court of Appeal. On December 9, 2014 the Court of Appeals quashed George's conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 9, 2014 the Court of Appeals quashed George's conviction. "
Defendant Aided By:	"CCRC and the Innocence Project at Cardiff Law School (Cardiff, Wales, UK)"
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"George, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 2507 (09 December 2014)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2014/2507.html
Information Source 2:	"Murder conviction quashed thanks to 30 law students’ homework, By Paul Peachey (Staff writer), The Independent (London, GBR), Dec. 11, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-conviction-quashed-thanks-to-30-law-students-homework-9913702.html
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Information Location 3:	"Murder conviction is quashed after law students investigate case, By Martin Evans (Crime Correspondent), The Telegraph (London, UK), December 9, 2014"
Information Source 4:	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11282314/Murder-conviction-is-quashed-after-law-students-investigate-case.html
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Dwaine Simeon George

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

LI with 12 year min.

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Manchester

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 9, 2014 the Court of Appeals quashed George's conviction. "

Defendant Aided By:

"CCRC and the Innocence Project at Cardiff Law School (Cardiff, Wales, UK)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"George, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 2507 (09 December 2014)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2014/2507.html

Information Source 2:

"Murder conviction quashed thanks to 30 law students’ homework, By Paul Peachey (Staff writer), The Independent (London, GBR), Dec. 11, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-conviction-quashed-thanks-to-30-law-students-homework-9913702.html

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"Murder conviction is quashed after law students investigate case, By Martin Evans (Crime Correspondent), The Telegraph (London, UK), December 9, 2014"

Information Source 4:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11282314/Murder-conviction-is-quashed-after-law-students-investigate-case.html

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