Victor Jensen

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	20 years w/16 year min.
Years Imprisoned:	7.5
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Victoria
City of Crime:	Tarrington
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Victor Jensen was wrongly convicted in 2006 for the Feb 2, 2000 death of his father Marius Jensen at their home in Tarrington, Victoria, Australia. Marius died from a single .38 shot from a modified sawed-off shotgun. Jensen was arrrested on April 28, 2004. The prosecution's case was circumstantial with no forensic, eyewitness or confession evidence linking him to his father's death. After his conviction by a jury Jensen was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a minimum of 16 years before he was eligible for parole. Jensen appealed and his conviction was overturned by the Victoria Court of Appeals. Jensen was retried and after deliberating for three days he was acquitted by the jury on February 25 2011."
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Innocence Proved By:	Victor Jensen's conviction was overturned by the Victoria Court of Appeals. Jensen was retried and after deliberating for three days he was acquitted by the jury on February 25 2011.
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Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongly jailed man released from 20-year prison sentence, Channel 7 News (Melbourne, AUS)February 17, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/21522150/wrongly-jailed-man-released-from-20-year-sentence/
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Victor Jensen

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

20 years w/16 year min.

Years Imprisoned:

7.5

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Victoria

City of Crime:

Tarrington

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Victor Jensen's conviction was overturned by the Victoria Court of Appeals. Jensen was retried and after deliberating for three days he was acquitted by the jury on February 25 2011.

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Wrongly jailed man released from 20-year prison sentence, Channel 7 News (Melbourne, AUS)February 17, 2014"

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/21522150/wrongly-jailed-man-released-from-20-year-sentence/

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