Michael Johnson (UK defendant)

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Charge:	Arson
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Johnson was wrongly convicted in January 2004 of committing arson in a fire that occurred on News Year Day 2003, near his home. Johnson was targeted as a suspect because he went outside to watch the fire. Sentenced to 3 years imprisonment, Johnson was released on parole in June 2005. Johnson appealed his conviction and submitted proof that he was at home when the fire started and the fire service was called. The proof was the records created by an electronic monitoring device he was wearing at the time of the fire as part of his sentence for a conviction for possessing an offensive weapon. In May 2006, England's High Court quashed his conviction. Johnson announced his intention to seek compensation."
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Innocence Proved By:	" In May 2006, England's High Court quashed Michael Johnson's conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Why was i jailed demands man cleared of arson, Herts and Essex News, May 19, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.hertsessexnews.co.uk/news/mercury/hertfordshire_mercury/2006/05/19/why%20was%20i%20jailed%20demands%20man%20cleared%20of%20arson.lpf
Information Source 2:	"Police Probe Case of 'Jailed Arsonist', Hertfordshire Mercury News (UK), August 18, 2006"
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Michael Johnson (UK defendant)

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

" In May 2006, England's High Court quashed Michael Johnson's conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Why was i jailed demands man cleared of arson, Herts and Essex News, May 19, 2006"

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http://www.hertsessexnews.co.uk/news/mercury/hertfordshire_mercury/2006/05/19/why%20was%20i%20jailed%20demands%20man%20cleared%20of%20arson.lpf

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"Police Probe Case of 'Jailed Arsonist', Hertfordshire Mercury News (UK), August 18, 2006"

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