Allen Iverson

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.33
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Hampton
City of Crime:	Hampton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Allen Iverson was wrongly convicted of assault as part of a mob in July 1993 at a Hampton, Virginia bowling allwey. Iverson, a future NBA basketball player, was a high school student being recruited by over 125 colleges at the time of the incident. Iversen was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Iversen He served four months in the Newport News City Farm before he was granted conditional clemency on Dec. 31, 1993 by Virginia's Governor Douglas Wilder. On June 20, 1995 the Virginia Court of Appeals vacated Iversen's conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 20, 1995 the Virginia Court of Appeals vacated Iversen's conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	18
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Iverson conviction overturned, By James Wright (staff), Afro - American Red Star (Washington, D.C), June 24, 1995, p. A1"
Information Location 1:	http://0-search.proquest.com.catalog.multcolib.org/docview/369735455?accountid=37296
Information Source 2:	"Iverson Guilty In Brawl, By Ken Armstrong (staff), Daily Press (Newport News, VA), July 13, 1993"
Information Location 2:	http://articles.dailypress.com/1993-07-13/news/9307130073_1_mr-iverson-allen-iverson-bowling-alley
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Allen Iverson

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Hampton

City of Crime:

Hampton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 20, 1995 the Virginia Court of Appeals vacated Iversen's conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

18

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Iverson conviction overturned, By James Wright (staff), Afro - American Red Star (Washington, D.C), June 24, 1995, p. A1"

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http://0-search.proquest.com.catalog.multcolib.org/docview/369735455?accountid=37296

Information Source 2:

"Iverson Guilty In Brawl, By Ken Armstrong (staff), Daily Press (Newport News, VA), July 13, 1993"

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http://articles.dailypress.com/1993-07-13/news/9307130073_1_mr-iverson-allen-iverson-bowling-alley

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