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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
12 |
Year Crime: |
1979 |
Year Convicted: |
1979 |
Year Cleared: |
1991 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Louisiana |
County or Region of Crime: |
Orleans |
City of Crime: |
New Orleans |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Isaac Knapper was wrongly convicted of committing the first degree murder of a tourist in New Orleans' French Quarter. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
16 |
Age When Released: |
29 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Isaac Knapper, Innocence Project New Orleans" |
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http://www.ip-no.org/exonoree-profile/isaac-knapper |
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