Omar Harris

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Hampden
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Omar Harris was wrongly convicted of drug related charges in Hampden County, Harris pled guilty based on the "Drug Certification" by chemist Sonja Farak when she worked at the Massachusetts State Crime Laboratory in Amherst. In January 2014 Farak pled guilty to a number of charges, including tampering with evidence at the crime lab. Harris filed a post-conviction petition to withdraw his guilty plea and vacate his conviction based on the new evidence of Faraks' misconduct. On June 26, 2017 Hampden Superior Court Judge Richard Carey granted Harris' post-conviciton motion and ordered dismissal of his charges. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 26, 2017 Hampden Superior Court Judge Richard Carey granted Harris' post-conviciton motion and ordered dismissal of his charges."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Judge dismisses several drug cases, lashes out at 2 former Massachusetts assistant AGs in Sonja Farak drug lab ruling, By Buffy Spencer, Masslive.com, June 26, 2017"
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Omar Harris

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Hampden

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 26, 2017 Hampden Superior Court Judge Richard Carey granted Harris' post-conviciton motion and ordered dismissal of his charges."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Judge dismisses several drug cases, lashes out at 2 former Massachusetts assistant AGs in Sonja Farak drug lab ruling, By Buffy Spencer, Masslive.com, June 26, 2017"

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http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/judge_s_decision_in_sonja_fara.html

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