Sergeant Jackson

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1974
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Diego
City of Crime:	San Diego
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Sergeant Jackson was wrongly convicted in 1974 of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery based on the erroneous belief that he possessed the wallet of the victim. After his conviction by a jury Jackson was sentenced to life in prison. In overturning his conviction in 1975, he was described by the Californa Court of Appeals as "an innocent man, convicted and imprisoned for crimes he did not commit." (MJ, 129) The City of San Diego paid Jackson compensation of $17,000. "
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned by the California Court of Appeals in 1975 based on his innocence of the crime.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$17,000 (San Diego, 1976)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 129."
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Sergeant Jackson

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1974

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Diego

City of Crime:

San Diego

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned by the California Court of Appeals in 1975 based on his innocence of the crime.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$17,000 (San Diego, 1976)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 129."

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