Michael Ray Hanline

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Burglary
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	34.92
Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Ventura
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Ray Hanline was wrongly convicted of murder of a murder committed in 1978 in Ventura County, California. After Hanline's conviction by a jury he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In April 2015 the charges were dismissed against Hanline after a Ventury County judge granted the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office motion to dismiss that asserted that while the office believed Hanline's guilt was supported by probable cause, it couldn't be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In April 2015 the charges were dismissed against Hanline after a Ventury County judge granted the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office motion to dismiss that asserted that while the office believed Hanline's guilt was supported by probable cause, it couldn't be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt."
Defendant Aided By:	California Innocence Project
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	66
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Man Eating a Hamburger After Spending 36 Years in Prison Under Wrongful Conviction: ‘That’s What Meat Tastes Like, Huh?', By Liz Klimas (The Blaze), April 22, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/22/man-eating-a-hamburger-after-spending-36-years-in-prison-under-wrongful-conviction-thats-what-meat-tastes-like-huh/
Information Source 2:	"Press Release about motion to dismiss charges against Michael Ray Hanline, Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, April 21, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/15-022-Hanline-Schwartz.pdf
Information Source 3:	"Longest-serving wrongfully convicted man 'finally free', Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wrongfully-convicted-murder-charges-20150422-story.html
Information Source 4:	"California's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate is a free man, By Christine Mai-Duc and Amanda Covarrubias (Staff writers), The Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2014"
Information Location 4:	http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wrongful-conviction-20141123-story.html
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Michael Ray Hanline

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Burglary

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

34.92

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Ventura

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

California Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

66

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Man Eating a Hamburger After Spending 36 Years in Prison Under Wrongful Conviction: ‘That’s What Meat Tastes Like, Huh?', By Liz Klimas (The Blaze), April 22, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/22/man-eating-a-hamburger-after-spending-36-years-in-prison-under-wrongful-conviction-thats-what-meat-tastes-like-huh/

Information Source 2:

"Press Release about motion to dismiss charges against Michael Ray Hanline, Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, April 21, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/15-022-Hanline-Schwartz.pdf

Information Source 3:

"Longest-serving wrongfully convicted man 'finally free', Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-wrongfully-convicted-murder-charges-20150422-story.html

Information Source 4:

"California's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate is a free man, By Christine Mai-Duc and Amanda Covarrubias (Staff writers), The Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2014"

Information Location 4:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wrongful-conviction-20141123-story.html

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