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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
23 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
8.5 |
Year Crime: |
1998 |
Year Convicted: |
2002 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Tennessee |
County or Region of Crime: |
Blount |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Douglas Franklin Jordan Jr. was wrongly convicted on October 22, 2002 of second-degree murder in the March 1998 homicide of 22-year-old Jennifer Byerley in Blount County, Tennessee. Douglas Jordan was sentenced to 23 years in prison. On January 25, 2011 the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals granted Jordan's petition for a new trial based on favorable evidence the prosecution failed to disclose to his trial lawyer. On March 28, 2015 a jury acquitted Jordan after his retrial. On March 14, 2016 Douglas Jordan Jr. filed a 145 page federal civil rights lawsuit that named as defendants Blount County, former Blount County Sheriff's Dept. homicide detective Scott Carpenter, and Blount County Assistant District Attorney General James Brooks. On July 28, 2017 U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Reeves granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment, in ruling that the one year statute of limitations for filing the lawsuit expired one year after the appeals court's ruling reversing his conviction in January 2012." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 28, 2015 a jury acquitted Jordan after his retrial." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
31 |
Age When Released: |
40 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Man on trial a second time in 1998 Blount killing acquitted by jury, By WBIR Staff, WBIR-TV (Knoxville, TN), March 30, 2015" |
Information Location 1: |
http://legacy.wbir.com/story/news/2015/03/30/man-on-trial-a-second-time-in-1998-blount-killing-acquitted-by-jury/70687020/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Man files civil rights lawsuit against Blount County over wrongful murder conviction, By WATE-TV Staff, WATE-TV (Knoxville, TN), March 18, 2016" |
Information Location 2: |
http://wate.com/2016/03/18/man-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-blount-county-over-wrongful-murder-conviction/ |
Information Source 3: |
"Douglas Jordan v. Blount County, Tenn., and Scott Carpenter (USDC ED Tenn.) (Complaint filed 3-24-2016)" |
Information Location 3: |
https://mgtvwate.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/douglas-jordan-vs-blount-county.pdf |
Information Source 4: |
"Judge dismisses wrongful imprisonment suit against former Blount County prosecutor and detective, By Wes Wade, The Daily Times (Knoxville, TN), July 29, 2017" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/judge-dismisses-wrongful-imprisonment-suit-against-former-blount-county-prosecutor/article_dbf68d08-a2bb-54af-bd69-471a9ade7786.html |
Information Source 5: |
"Douglas Jordan v. State of Tennessee, No. E2009-01116-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Ct. of Appeals, 1-25-2011) (Reversing conviction and ordering retrial.)" |
Information Location 5: |
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/sites/default/files/douglas_jordan_vs_state_0.pdf |
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