James Green

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Charge:	Child Sex Abuse and Kidnapping
Sentence:	16 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.25
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
County or Region of Crime:	Maury
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"James Green was wrongly convicted in 2006 of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual battery of a 9-year-old in Maury County, Tennessee. Green was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Green was exonerated and released in 2008 after 2 years and 3 months in prison. Green was awarded total compensation of $214,860 ($7,500 paid immediately for purchase of a vehicle and $864 paid monthly for 20 years -- from an annuity purchased for $134,500 (The award was $142,000 - $7,500 for the vehicle and $134,500 for the purchase of the annuity.) In addition the state awarded Green's lawyers $39,000 in legal fees."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$214,860 (State of Tennessee, 2010) ($7,500 paid immediately, and $860 monthly for 20 years from an annuity purchased for $134,500.)"
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Age When Imprisoned:	46
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Tennessee's first exonerated man says $832,000 not enough, By Andy Humbles (Staff), The Tennessean, September 23, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2016/09/23/tennessees-first-exonerated-man-says-832000-not-enough/90366206/
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James Green

Charge:

Child Sex Abuse and Kidnapping

Sentence:

16 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.25

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

Maury

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$214,860 (State of Tennessee, 2010) ($7,500 paid immediately, and $860 monthly for 20 years from an annuity purchased for $134,500.)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

46

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Tennessee's first exonerated man says $832,000 not enough, By Andy Humbles (Staff), The Tennessean, September 23, 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2016/09/23/tennessees-first-exonerated-man-says-832000-not-enough/90366206/

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