Harllel B. Jones

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	1972
Year Cleared:	1977
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	Cleveland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Harllel B. Jones was a leader of a black nationalist organization, chief witness against was an FBI informant rewarded with a dismissal of charges against him. The federal habeas corpus petition filed by Harllel Jones was granted and his conviction was overturned. The Cuyahoga County DA declined to retry Jones. "
Conviction Caused By:	Chief witness against was an FBI informant rewarded with a dismissal of charges against him.
Innocence Proved By:	The federal habeas corpus petition filed by Harllel Jones was granted and his conviction was overturned. The Cuyahoga County DA declined to retry Jones.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 131+."
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Harllel B. Jones

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1972

Year Cleared:

1977

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

Cleveland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Chief witness against was an FBI informant rewarded with a dismissal of charges against him.

Innocence Proved By:

The federal habeas corpus petition filed by Harllel Jones was granted and his conviction was overturned. The Cuyahoga County DA declined to retry Jones.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 131+."

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