Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
28 |
Year Crime: |
1980 |
Year Convicted: |
1982 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pennsylvania |
County or Region of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
City of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Kenneth Granger was wrongly convicted in 1982 of a 1980 murder in Philadelphia. Granger was convicted based on a eyewitness identification. Granger was sentenced to life in prison. A reinvestigation of Granger's case by the Pennsylvania Innocence Project uncovered evidence that the police and prosecutors had failed to disclose to his trial lawyers that contrary to the trial testimony, an eyewitness had positively identified another man as the murderer. Based on the new evidence of Granger's innocence, his conviction was overturned and he was released on July 14, 2010." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous eyewitness identification and police and prosecutor misconduct of concealing evidence that an eyewitness had positively identified another man as the murderer. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"Based on the new evidence of Granger's innocence, his conviction was overturned and he was released on July 14, 2010." |
Defendant Aided By: |
Attorney Karl Schwartz and the Innocence Project of Pennsylvania. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
24 |
Age When Released: |
52 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"After 28 years, freedom for a former lifer, By Emilie Lounsberry (staff), Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 2010" |
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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/98486339.html |
Information Source 2: |
"After almost 30 years in jail, exonerated Philly convict savors freedom, By Annette John-Hall (staff), Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2010" |
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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/99295899.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org