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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder and Robbery |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
16 |
Year Crime: |
1987 |
Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2008 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
North Carolina |
County or Region of Crime: |
Duplin |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Levon Junior Jones, aka Bo Jones, was the co-defendant of Larry Lamb and Ernest Matthews. The men were wrongly convicted in 1993 of a 1987 robbery and murder in the shooting death of bootlegger Leamon Grady, whose body was found Feb. 28, 1987, in his Duplin County, North Carolina home. Levon Jones was sentenced to death and Lamb to life in prison. After Levon Jones and Lamb were convicted Matthews pled guilty to reduced charges and was released after serving seven years in prison. Jones was sentenced to death, while Lamb was sentenced to life in prison. A federal judge granted Levon Jones' federal habeas corpus petition in 2006 based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. In May 2008 the charges were dismissed after the prosecution agreed to drop the case, Jones was released on May 2, 2008 after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment. Jones' nickname was "Bo." Lamb was released in August 2013." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Wrongly convicted of murder in 1993 and sentenced to death. A federal judge granted Levon Jones' federal habeas corpus petition in 2006 based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. In May 2008 the charges were dismissed after the prosecution agreed to drop the case, Jones was released after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
34 |
Age When Released: |
49 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Man whose murder conviction was overturned going free, By Mandy Locke, Charlotte News Observer, May 1, 2008" |
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1057479.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Death row ordeal behind him, Titan Barksdale, Charlotte News Observer, May 3, 2008" |
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1059361.html |
Information Source 3: |
"Man Wrongly Convicted Of Murder Released From Jail After 20 Years, Staff, Business Insider, August 13, 2013" |
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http://www.businessinsider.com/man-wrongful-conviction-murder-release-2013-8 |
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