Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
7 |
Year Crime: |
1992 |
Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2000 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
County or Region of Crime: |
Bradford |
City of Crime: |
Starke |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Joseph Green was wrongly convicted in 1993 of murder in Bradford County, Florida and sentenced to death." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Joseph Nahume Green was wrongly convicted in 1993 of murder and sentenced to death. Green's conviction was overturned in 1996 by the Florida Supreme Court and he was acquitted on March 16, 2000 after a bench (judge only) retrial. Green spent 3 years on Florida's death row." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
36 |
Age When Released: |
43 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
Death Penalty Information Center |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html |
Information Source 2: |
Center on Wrongful Convictions database |
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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/FlaGreen.htm |
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