Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Death |
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3 |
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Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year Cleared: |
1989 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
North Carolina |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Timothy B. Hennis was wrongly convicted in 1986 of murder in North Carolina. Hennis was sentenced to death. Hennis was exonerated in 1989 and released from prison. |
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Sex: |
Male |
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White |
Information Source 1: |
"In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases, Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 313 ( © 1992)." |
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Death Penalty Information Center |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html |
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