Ray Girdler Jr

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Charge:	Murder and Arson
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment with 64 year minimum
Years Imprisoned:	8.5
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1991
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona
County or Region of Crime:	Yavapai
City of Crime:	Yavapai
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ray Girdler Jr. was wrongly convicted in 1982 of a fatal fire in Yavapai County, Arizona that killed his wife and child based on false scientific evidence by the prosecution's "expert" witness that flammable liquid was present in the home. Subsequent tests proved their were no such liquids and that the fire was from natural origins. Released from prison on November 23, 1990 after eight years and four months of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	"Prosecutorial misconduct of presenting false "scientific" evidence that flammable liquids caused the fatal fire."
Innocence Proved By:	Scientific evidence proved the fatal fire was of natural origins.
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Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Information Source 2:	""Lawyers seek panel to investigate when innocents sent to prison," By Carol Sowers, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), November 12, 2001."
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Ray Girdler Jr

Charge:

Murder and Arson

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment with 64 year minimum

Years Imprisoned:

8.5

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1991

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona

County or Region of Crime:

Yavapai

City of Crime:

Yavapai

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Prosecutorial misconduct of presenting false "scientific" evidence that flammable liquids caused the fatal fire."

Innocence Proved By:

Scientific evidence proved the fatal fire was of natural origins.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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""Mean Justice," Edward Humes, p. 457."

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""Lawyers seek panel to investigate when innocents sent to prison," By Carol Sowers, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), November 12, 2001."

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