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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
19.9 |
Year Crime: |
1984 |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year Cleared: |
2004 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Utah |
County or Region of Crime: |
Beaver |
City of Crime: |
Beaver |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Bruce Dallas Goodman was wrongly convicted of second degree murder in 1986. |
Conviction Caused By: |
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Innocence Proved By: |
DNA evidence excluded him as the attacker |
Defendant Aided By: |
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
34 |
Age When Released: |
54 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Inmate Being Freed After DNA Clears Him, Nov 9, 2004" |
Information Location 1: |
http://truthinjustice.org/Bruce-Goodman.htm |
Information Source 2: |
"Bruce Dallas Goodman, By Staff, Rocky Mountain Innocence Center" |
Information Location 2: |
http://rminnocence.org/our-exonerees/bruce-dallas-goodman.html |
Information Source 3: |
"DNA Test Technology Improving, Angie Welling and Jennifer Dobner, Deseret Morning News, January 30, 2005" |
Information Location 3: |
"http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600108392,00.html" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org