Richard Neal Jones

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1988
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Grady
City of Crime:	Chickasha
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Richard Neal Jones was wrongly convicted in 1983 of first-degree murder in the death of Charles Keene on January 23, 1983 in Grady County, Oklahoma. After his conviction by a jury Jones was sentenced to death. On May 22, 1987 the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jones' conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by admitting hearsay evidence and prejudicial crime scene photographs. Richard Jones was acquitted after his retrial in 1988."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge erred by admitting hearsay evidence and prejudicial crime scene photographs.
Innocence Proved By:	Richard Jones was acquitted after his retrial in 1988.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence
Information Source 2:	"Jones v. State, 1987 OK CR 103, 738 P.2d 525 (Okla. Ct of Crim. Appeals, 5-22-1987) (Reversed conviction)"
Information Location 2:	http://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1987/6620.html
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Richard Neal Jones

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1988

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Grady

City of Crime:

Chickasha

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge erred by admitting hearsay evidence and prejudicial crime scene photographs.

Innocence Proved By:

Richard Jones was acquitted after his retrial in 1988.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Death Penalty Information Center

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence

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"Jones v. State, 1987 OK CR 103, 738 P.2d 525 (Okla. Ct of Crim. Appeals, 5-22-1987) (Reversed conviction)"

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http://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1987/6620.html

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