Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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2009 |
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United Kingdom |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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Jason Giles was wrongly convicted of producing a class a drug and possessing a class a drug with intent to supply. In 2006 Giles submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Giles's case was referred by the CCRC on 10/27/2008 to the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). On 5/12/2009 the appeals court quashed Jason Giles's convictions. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction quashed by England & Wales Court of Appeal on 5/12/2009. |
Defendant Aided By: |
"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)" |
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"Jason Giles, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)" |
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http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/8 |
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