Troy Lee Jones

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	14.9
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Merced
City of Crime:	Los Banos
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Troy Lee Jones was wrongly convicted of murder in 1982 and sentenced to death due to his attorney's ineffective assistance of counsel. Troy Jones' conviction was overturned in 1996 by the California Supreme Court that noted his lawyer failed to seek pretrial investigative funds, conduct an adequate pretrial investigation, interview possible exculpatory witnesses or obtain a relevant police report. See, In re Troy Lee Jones on Habeas Corpus, 917 P.2d 1175 (1996). Prosecution dropped charges, and Jones' was released in 1996 after 14 years on California's death row."
Conviction Caused By:	Ineffective assistance of counsel
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by California Supreme Court in 1996
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Death Penalty Focus - Exonerations in California, Oct 2002, deathpenalty.org"
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=Innocence
Information Source 2:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence
Information Source 3:	"In re Troy Lee Jones on Habeas Corpus, 917 P.2d 1175 (1996)"
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Information Source 4:	"Exonerations in California, Death Penalty Focus"
Information Location 4:	http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=Innocence
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Troy Lee Jones

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

14.9

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Merced

City of Crime:

Los Banos

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Ineffective assistance of counsel

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by California Supreme Court in 1996

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Death Penalty Focus - Exonerations in California, Oct 2002, deathpenalty.org"

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http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=Innocence

Information Source 2:

Death Penalty Information Center

Information Location 2:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence

Information Source 3:

"In re Troy Lee Jones on Habeas Corpus, 917 P.2d 1175 (1996)"

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Information Source 4:

"Exonerations in California, Death Penalty Focus"

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http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=Innocence

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