Bruce Allen Hummel

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	26 years
Years Imprisoned:	8.5
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	Whatcom
City of Crime:	Bellingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Bruce Allen Hummel was twoce wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the disappearance of his wife Alice Hummel on October 18, 1990 in Bellingham, Washington and her presumed death. His first conviction was in August 2009, and his second was in May 2014. Alice's body was never found. Almost 18 years after Alice disappeared, Hummel was charged with first-degree murder on July 30, 2008. The prosecution's key evidence was jailhouse informant Donald Cargill, who testified that he shared a cell with Hummel in the Whatcom County Jail. Cargill testified that Hummel tod him "that he had helped his wife Alice 'get toa better place' by mixing a handful of ground up pills in apple cider and giving it to Alice to drink." The jury convicted Hummel of first-degree murder in August 2009, and he was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Hummel appealed, and the Washington Court of Appeals reversed his conviction and ordered a new trial based on the trial judge's violation of his constitutional right to a public trial. During Hummel's retrial in May 2014 the prosecution didn't present Cargill as a witness. Hummel was again convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Hummel appealed. On October 19, 2016 the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Bruce Hummel's conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove the essestial element of premeditation, and ordering dismissal of his indictment with prejudice."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 19, 2016 the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Bruce Hummel's conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove the essestial element of premeditation, and ordering dismissal of his indictment with prejudice."
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Age When Imprisoned:	63
Age When Released:	72
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State of Washington v. Bruce Allen Hummel, No. 72068-6-I (Wash. Ct. of Appeals, 10-17-2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove the essestial element of premeditation, and ordering dismissal of his indictment with prejudice.)"
Information Location 1:	https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/720686.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Bellingham man’s conviction in the 1990 murder of his wife overturned, again, By Caleb Hutton, The Bellingham Herald, October 19, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article109087842.html
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Bruce Allen Hummel

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

26 years

Years Imprisoned:

8.5

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Whatcom

City of Crime:

Bellingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 19, 2016 the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Bruce Hummel's conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove the essestial element of premeditation, and ordering dismissal of his indictment with prejudice."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

63

Age When Released:

72

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State of Washington v. Bruce Allen Hummel, No. 72068-6-I (Wash. Ct. of Appeals, 10-17-2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove the essestial element of premeditation, and ordering dismissal of his indictment with prejudice.)"

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https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/720686.pdf

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"Bellingham man’s conviction in the 1990 murder of his wife overturned, again, By Caleb Hutton, The Bellingham Herald, October 19, 2016"

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http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article109087842.html

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