Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Bank Robbery (incld. Armed) |
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Years Imprisoned: |
1.67 |
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Canada |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Jason George Hill was wrongly convicted of bank robbery. Jason Hill was released after 20 months of wrongful imprisonment. On October 4, 2007, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that Hill's $3 million lawsuit against the police could not proceed." |
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Denied |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Top court sends mixed signals on lawsuits for wrongful conviction, The Canadian Press, October 4, 2007" |
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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gRepWnHppVWa154rthqy6L6hTS6w |
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"Hill v. Hamilton?Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41 (10-4-2007)" |
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http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2007/2007scc41/2007scc41.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org