Richard Karling

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Richard Karling was wrongly convicted of murdering an ex-girlfriend in 1995 and sentenced to life in prison. The prosecutions theory he smothered her after drugging her, was based on a blood test that indicated she was drugged with temazepam. Karling was released in 2000 on bail after an independent blood test established temazepam wasn't present in her blood. It was then disclosed to Karling's lawyers that a second blood test prior to Karling's trial had determined the drug wasn't present. On May 16, 2001, Karling's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal as a miscarriage of justice. Karling was awarded ?891,717 in ex gratia compensation in 2006 for his five years of wrongful imprisonment. ?891,717 in June 2006 was the equivalent of"
Conviction Caused By:	"Prosecution misconduct of concealing a scientific report that the drug Temazepam wasn't in the victim's blood, when the prosecution had alleged at trial Richard Karling gave the drug to his ex-girlfriend on the day she died,"
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 16, 2001, Karling's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal based on the prosecution's concealment of scientific report from the defense that corroborated Richard Karling's version of what happened the day his ex-girlfriend died."
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Compensation Awarded:	"?891,717 (English pounds) = $1.67 million"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	42
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Murder appeal man freed, BBC News, June 30, 2000"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/813037.stm
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Richard Karling

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Prosecution misconduct of concealing a scientific report that the drug Temazepam wasn't in the victim's blood, when the prosecution had alleged at trial Richard Karling gave the drug to his ex-girlfriend on the day she died,"

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 16, 2001, Karling's conviction was quashed by Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal based on the prosecution's concealment of scientific report from the defense that corroborated Richard Karling's version of what happened the day his ex-girlfriend died."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"?891,717 (English pounds) = $1.67 million"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

42

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Murder appeal man freed, BBC News, June 30, 2000"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/813037.stm

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Innocent UK website

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

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