Thomas Kimbell Jr.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Lawrence
City of Crime:	Pulaski
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Thomas Kimbell Jr. was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of four family members. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2000, because the trial judge had excluded evidence that the husband of one of the victims was known to have been at the scene of the crime shortly before it occurred. Kimbell proclaimed his innocence from the time of his arrest, and after his retrial, he was acquitted of all charges on May 3, 2002."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge improperly excluded evidence that cast doubt on Kimbell's guilt and placed the husband on one of the murder victims at the scene of the murders shortly before they occurred.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial when his conviction was reversed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Cases of Innocence
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innoccases.html
Information Source 2:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 3:	"State v. Kimbell, 759 A.2d 1273 (Pa. 2000)"
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Thomas Kimbell Jr.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Lawrence

City of Crime:

Pulaski

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge improperly excluded evidence that cast doubt on Kimbell's guilt and placed the husband on one of the murder victims at the scene of the murders shortly before they occurred.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial when his conviction was reversed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Cases of Innocence

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innoccases.html

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Death Penalty Information Center

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

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"State v. Kimbell, 759 A.2d 1273 (Pa. 2000)"

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