Emma Humphreys

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	15 years 3 months
Years Imprisoned:	10.25
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Emma Humphreys was wrongly convicted of murdering a man who physically abused her. Humphreys was sentenced to serve 15 years 3 months in prison. On July 7, 1995 her conviction was quashed and she was acquitted by England's Court of Crimnial Appeal. She was immediately released."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 7, 1995 her conviction was quashed and she was acquitted by England's Court of Crimnial Appeal. She was immediately released."
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Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Woman who stabbed violent partner freed: The Emma Humphreys case: 'Landmark judgment' strengthens defence of provocation for victims of domestic violence driven to kill, By Heather Mills (Home Affairs Correspondent), The Independent, June 16, 2015"
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Emma Humphreys

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

15 years 3 months

Years Imprisoned:

10.25

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Emma Humphreys was wrongly convicted of murdering a man who physically abused her. Humphreys was sentenced to serve 15 years 3 months in prison. On July 7, 1995 her conviction was quashed and she was acquitted by England's Court of Crimnial Appeal. She was immediately released."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 7, 1995 her conviction was quashed and she was acquitted by England's Court of Crimnial Appeal. She was immediately released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Woman who stabbed violent partner freed: The Emma Humphreys case: 'Landmark judgment' strengthens defence of provocation for victims of domestic violence driven to kill, By Heather Mills (Home Affairs Correspondent), The Independent, June 16, 2015"

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/woman-who-stabbed-violent-partner-freed-1590339.html

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