Jeffrey Jenkins

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Charge:	Weapons related violation
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Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	1991
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Inglewood
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jeffrey Jenkins was wrongly convicted in federal court of possessing a sawed-off shotgun based on his coerced confession extracted after police physically beat him and threatened to kill him. After his conviction by a jury, Jenkins appealed. On July 5, 1991 the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Jenkins conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in ruling that Jenkins confession was voluntary."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct of knowingly using a coerced confession extracted by the police under the threat of death.
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 5, 1991 the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Jenkins conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in ruling that Jenkins confession was voluntary."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"U.S. v. Jenkins, 938 F.2d 934 (9thCir.1991), No. 89-50248. Decided July 5, 1991. Page 935"
Information Location 1:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9422655566431677293&q=U.S.+v.+Jenkins,+938+F.2d+934&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"Pitts v. County of Kern, 17 Cal. 4th 340 (1998)"
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Jeffrey Jenkins

Charge:

Weapons related violation

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

1991

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Inglewood

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct of knowingly using a coerced confession extracted by the police under the threat of death.

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 5, 1991 the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Jenkins conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in ruling that Jenkins confession was voluntary."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"U.S. v. Jenkins, 938 F.2d 934 (9thCir.1991), No. 89-50248. Decided July 5, 1991. Page 935"

Information Location 1:

"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9422655566431677293&q=U.S.+v.+Jenkins,+938+F.2d+934&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"Pitts v. County of Kern, 17 Cal. 4th 340 (1998)"

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""Mean Justice," Edward Humes, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1999, p. 458."

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