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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault with deadly weapon |
Sentence: |
3 years probation & 50 hours community service |
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Year Crime: |
2015 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Michigan |
County or Region of Crime: |
Wayne |
City of Crime: |
Detroit |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"LaWanda Jenkins was wrongly convicted on August 19, 2015 of assault with a deadly weapon committed in Wayne County, Michigan in 2015. After her conviction after a bench (judge only) trial, LaWanda Jenkinswas sentenced to 3 years probation and 50 hours community service.LaWanda Jenkins was acquitted after a bench retrial on June 14, 2019." |
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"LaWanda Jenkins was acquitted after a bench retrial on June 14, 2019." |
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Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
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"LaWanda Jenkins, National Registry of Exonerations" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org