Jonathan Jones

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2.5
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jonathan Jones was falsely convicted in 1995 of killing his girlfriend's mother and father on July 26, 1993. The prosecution's theory was that he killed his girlfriend's parents to get his hands on her inheritance. Jonathan Jones was sentenced to two terms of life in prison. After his conviction, she married him and led the campaign to prove he was innocent. The Court of Appeals quashed Jones' conviction and he was released in 1998."
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Innocence Proved By:	The Court of Appeals quashed Jones' conviction and he was released in 1998.
Defendant Aided By:	"His wife, the daughter of the man and woman murdered."
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Tragedy led to a wrongful conviction that was overturned on appeal, By Abby Alford, Western Mail, July 26, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/26/tragedy-led-to-a-wrongful-conviction-that-was-overturned-on-appeal-91466-21408750/
Information Source 2:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 3:	"'Positive Response' For Tooze Murder Police, by Aled Blake, Western Mail, August 3, 2005 (on IC Wales website)"
Information Location 3:	http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=15811173&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-positive-response--for-tooze-murder-police--name_page.html
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Jonathan Jones

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The Court of Appeals quashed Jones' conviction and he was released in 1998.

Defendant Aided By:

"His wife, the daughter of the man and woman murdered."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Tragedy led to a wrongful conviction that was overturned on appeal, By Abby Alford, Western Mail, July 26, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/26/tragedy-led-to-a-wrongful-conviction-that-was-overturned-on-appeal-91466-21408750/

Information Source 2:

Innocent UK website

Information Location 2:

http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/

Information Source 3:

"'Positive Response' For Tooze Murder Police, by Aled Blake, Western Mail, August 3, 2005 (on IC Wales website)"

Information Location 3:

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=15811173&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-positive-response--for-tooze-murder-police--name_page.html

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