Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
12 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.81 |
Year Crime: |
1996 |
Year Convicted: |
1997 |
Year Cleared: |
1998 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Missouri |
County or Region of Crime: |
Stoddard |
City of Crime: |
Puxico |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Michael Janson |
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"On March 26, 1998 Janson's conviction was vacated by the Missouri Court of Appeal based on the prosecution's introduction of insufficient evidence of his guilt." |
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Male |
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"State v. Janson, 964 SW 2d 552 (Mo. Ct of Appeals, Southern Dist., 1st Div., 3-26-1998) (Conviction vacated and dismissal ordered.)" |
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