Donald Wayne Good

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Charge:	Burglary with Intent to commit Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment with possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	13.58
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Irving
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Donald Wayne Good was wrongly convicted in 1984 of raping a woman and burglarizing her Irving, Texas home on June 9, 1983. Good was 23 when he was arrested, and his conviction was based on his identification by the victim and her 8-year-old daughter. He was sentenced to life in prison. Charges were dismissed in 2004 based on DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded him as the woman's assailant. Good was imprisoned for a total of 13 years 7 months. Good filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Irving, the police department and an officer who he claimed rigged line-up photos to make it more likely the woman and her daughter would pick him. On March 24, 2011 the Irving City Council agreed to settle Good's lawsuit for $1 million. $700,000 was to be paid by the city and $300,000 was to be paid by its insurer. Good was 51-years-old."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification by the victim and her 8-year-old daughter
Innocence Proved By:	Charges dismissed in 2004 based on DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded him as the woman's assailant.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$1 million (City of Irving, March 2011)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Council approves lawsuit settlement, By Brandon Formby (staff), Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/03/council-approves-lawsuit-settl.html
Information Source 2:	"Good v Curtis, No. 09-10341 (5th Cir., 3-23-2010)"
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Donald Wayne Good

Charge:

Burglary with Intent to commit Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment with possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

13.58

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Irving

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification by the victim and her 8-year-old daughter

Innocence Proved By:

Charges dismissed in 2004 based on DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded him as the woman's assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$1 million (City of Irving, March 2011)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Council approves lawsuit settlement, By Brandon Formby (staff), Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/03/council-approves-lawsuit-settl.html

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"Good v Curtis, No. 09-10341 (5th Cir., 3-23-2010)"

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