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Eddie Grant

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

18 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Eddie Grant was wrongly convicted in 2003 of murdering the husband of a woman he was having an affair with. Conviction quashed by the UK's Court of Appeals in May 2005.

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Innocence Proved By:

"UK's Court of Appeals quashed conviction on May 4, 2005."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

39

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Accused Bugged in Jail is Freed Over Hired Killing, Michael Horsnell (staff), The Times of London, UK, May 5, 2005"

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"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1598056,00.html"

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