William M. Kelly Jr.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	10 to 20 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.5
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Dauphin
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"William M. Kelly Jr. was wrongly convicted in 1990 to the murder of a twenty-five-year-old woman whose body was found in a landfill. William Kelley was sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison. His conviction was vacated and he was released in 1992 after the police in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania stumbled upon the actual perpetrator, a serial killer, who confessed to the crime. William Kelley, a mentally handicapped adult, was wrongly imprisoned for two years."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession by William M. Kelly Jr.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrator found and convicted after confessing.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"William Kelley, Cases of mentally disabled individuals be convicted on the basis of false confessions, BroadReach training and resources"
Information Location 1:	http://www.normemma.com/artautboy.htm
Information Source 2:	"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"
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William M. Kelly Jr.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

10 to 20 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Dauphin

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession by William M. Kelly Jr.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrator found and convicted after confessing.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"William Kelley, Cases of mentally disabled individuals be convicted on the basis of false confessions, BroadReach training and resources"

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http://www.normemma.com/artautboy.htm

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"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"

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