Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
20 |
Year Crime: |
1984 |
Year Convicted: |
1985 |
Year Cleared: |
2005 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ohio |
County or Region of Crime: |
Hamilton |
City of Crime: |
Cincinnati |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Derrick Jamison was wrongly convicted in 1985 murder of a Cincinnati bartender and sentenced to death. In 2002 Derrick Jamison conviction was overturned. On February 28, 2005, Ohio Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus dismissed all charges against Jamison after prosecutors elected not to retry him in the case. Jamison spent 17 years on death row." |
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"On February 28, 2005, Ohio Common Pleas Judge Richard Niehaus dismissed all charges against Jamison after prosecutors elected not to retry him in the case." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"121. Derrick Jamison, Innocence Cases: 2004 - Present, Death Penalty Information Center" |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-cases-2004-present#121 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org