John William Jackson

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Incarceration and Died in Mental Institution
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1987
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Hillsborough
City of Crime:	Plant City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"John William Jackson was wrongly convicted in of first-degree murder and armed burglary related to the murder of Marie Felver Porter on December 19, 1983 in Plant City, Florida. After his conviction by a jury John Jackson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 25 year minimum before parole. Jackson appealed. In 1957 the Florida Cistrict Court of Appeals reversed Jackson's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 316 ( © 1992)."
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Information Source 2:	"Jackson v. State, 511 So.2d 1047 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987) (Reversing convictions based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"
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John William Jackson

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Incarceration and Died in Mental Institution

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1987

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Hillsborough

City of Crime:

Plant City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 316 ( © 1992)."

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"Jackson v. State, 511 So.2d 1047 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987) (Reversing convictions based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"

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