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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
30 years without parole |
Years Imprisoned: |
10 |
Year Crime: |
1988 |
Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year Cleared: |
2001 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New Jersey |
County or Region of Crime: |
Essex |
City of Crime: |
Newark |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Curtis Knight |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
35 |
Age When Released: |
47 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
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"Curtis Knight, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4237 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org