Timothy Howard

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	26
Year Crime:	1976
Year Convicted:	1977
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Franklin
City of Crime:	Columbus
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Timothy Howard was co-defendant of Gary Lemar James. Both men wrongly convicted in 1977 of a December 31, 1976 bank robbery and murder based on the prosecution's concealment of exonerating evidence. Both men were sentenced to death, but were resentenced to life in prison when Ohio's death penalty was declared unconstitutional in 1978. "The case against Howard and James unraveled when new evidence was uncovered, some through Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Howard. Fingerprints and conflicting witness statements made to the FBI were not made available to defense attorneys." (Cincinnati Enquirer, July 17, 2003) Timothy Howard was released on April 23, 2003 after his conviction was reversed because of concealed exonerating evidence. Howard was found 'actually innocent' in March 2006 after a trial held to determine his eligibility for compensation under Ohio's wrongful conviction compensation statute. Timothy Howard was subsequently awarded compensation of $2.5 million on June 28, 2006 by the state of Ohio. The settlement was broken into a lump sum payment of $1,438,242.67, and a periodic annuity funded by $1,061,757.33. Howard died in March 2007 of a heart attack."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution concealed exonerating evidence
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Defendant Aided By:	Private Investigator Martin Yant
Compensation Awarded:	"$2,500,000 (State of Ohio, April 6, 2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Wrongly Accused Man Set Free After 26 Years: James Howard Didn't Kill Bank Guard, News 5, Columbus, OH, July 17, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2341786/detail.html
Information Source 2:	"26-Year Inmate May Go Free Today: New Evidence, Polygraph Defy 1977 Murder Conviction, AP, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 17, 2003."
Information Location 2:	http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/17/loc_oh-freedprisoner17.html
Information Source 3:	"$2.5 million settlement reached in Howard case, Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch, April 21, 2006."
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Information Source 4:	"Howard found 'actually innocent', Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch, March 15, 2006."
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Timothy Howard

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

26

Year Crime:

1976

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Franklin

City of Crime:

Columbus

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution concealed exonerating evidence

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Private Investigator Martin Yant

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,500,000 (State of Ohio, April 6, 2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Wrongly Accused Man Set Free After 26 Years: James Howard Didn't Kill Bank Guard, News 5, Columbus, OH, July 17, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2341786/detail.html

Information Source 2:

"26-Year Inmate May Go Free Today: New Evidence, Polygraph Defy 1977 Murder Conviction, AP, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 17, 2003."

Information Location 2:

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/07/17/loc_oh-freedprisoner17.html

Information Source 3:

"$2.5 million settlement reached in Howard case, Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch, April 21, 2006."

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"Howard found 'actually innocent', Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch, March 15, 2006."

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