Michael Gracia

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
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Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Gracia was wrongly convicted in 1997 of assaulting a police officer in 1996 for assaulting an officer during a pro-cycling demonstration in London, England. Years later it was discovered that Gracia's co-defendant used a fake name and was an undercover police officer named Jim Boyling. During Gracia's trial Boyling testfied under his fake name. In 2015 Gracia filed a motion based on the new evidence to quash his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. On June 23, 2015 the prosecution informed the Southwark Crown Court in London that it would not oppose the quashing of Gracia's conviction. The quashing of Gracia's conviction brings to 57 the number of protesters who have been wrongly convicted or prosecuted in recent years because the activities of police spies was hidden by the prosecution during their trials."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution failed to disclose Gracia's codefendant was a police informant who testified under a fake name.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Activist's conviction to be quashed after undercover officer testified at trial, By Staff, The Guardian (London, UK), June 23, 2015"
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Michael Gracia

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution failed to disclose Gracia's codefendant was a police informant who testified under a fake name.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Activist's conviction to be quashed after undercover officer testified at trial, By Staff, The Guardian (London, UK), June 23, 2015"

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/23/activist-conviction-quashed-undercover-police-officer

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