Clayton Johnson

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years before parole eligibility
Years Imprisoned:	5.58
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Nova Scotia
City of Crime:	Halifax
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Clayton Johnson was wrongly convicted in 1993 of first-degree murder in the death of his wife on February 20, 1989 at their home in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife's death had initially been considered an accident from her falling down a flight of stairs, but when Johnson collected $125,000 in life insurance and married a 22-year-old woman, he became the object of a murder investigation. After his conviction by a jury Johnson was sentenced to 25 years in prison before being eligible for parole. He was released from prison on September 25, 1998 on bail based on new evidence his wife had died from head injuries suffered in her fall down the stairs. Johnson's conviction was quashed by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals on Feb. 18, 2002 and the court acceded to the prosecution's request that Johnson be acquitted. Johnson filed suit to recover damages for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and on June 18, 2004 he reached a settlement of CAN$2.5 million."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Johnson's conviction was quashed by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals on Feb. 18, 2002 and the court acceded to the prosecution's request that Johnson be acquitted."
Defendant Aided By:	AIDWYC
Compensation Awarded:	"CAN$2,500,000 (2004)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Crown Halts Clayton Johnson Murder Prosecution, Press Release by Public Prosecution Service of Nova Scotia, Canada, February 18, 2002"
Information Location 1:	http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20020218002
Information Source 2:	AIDWYC website - Wrongful convictions webpage
Information Location 2:	http://www.aidwyc.org/
Information Source 3:	"Segment on The National, CBC Television, June 18, 2004."
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Information Source 4:	"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 13"
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Clayton Johnson

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years before parole eligibility

Years Imprisoned:

5.58

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Nova Scotia

City of Crime:

Halifax

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Johnson's conviction was quashed by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals on Feb. 18, 2002 and the court acceded to the prosecution's request that Johnson be acquitted."

Defendant Aided By:

AIDWYC

Compensation Awarded:

"CAN$2,500,000 (2004)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Crown Halts Clayton Johnson Murder Prosecution, Press Release by Public Prosecution Service of Nova Scotia, Canada, February 18, 2002"

Information Location 1:

http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20020218002

Information Source 2:

AIDWYC website - Wrongful convictions webpage

Information Location 2:

http://www.aidwyc.org/

Information Source 3:

"Segment on The National, CBC Television, June 18, 2004."

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Information Source 4:

"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 13"

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