Ian Lawless

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Grimsby
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Ian Lawless was wrongly convicted of murder in 2002 and sentenced to live in prison. Lawless' conviction was based on his false confession that had been coerced by the police. Lawless' conviction was quashed in 2009 by the Criminal Court of Appeal for England and Wales.
Conviction Caused By:	Falsely confessed under police pressure that played on Lawless' “pathological need for attention.”
Innocence Proved By:	Lawless' conviction was quashed in 2009 by the Criminal Court of Appeal for England and Wales.
Defendant Aided By:	England's Criminal Case Review Commission
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	40
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court quashes murder conviction, BBC News, June 16, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/8102600.stm
Information Source 2:	Attention-seeker' has murder conviction quashed - The Guardian (London) - 06-16-2009
Information Location 2:	http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/16/ian-lawless-murder-conviction-quashed
Information Source 3:	"Attention seeker' Ian Lawless has murder conviction quashed, By Adam Fresco (Crime Correspondent), The Times (London), June 16, 2009"
Information Location 3:	http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6510502.ece
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Ian Lawless

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Grimsby

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Ian Lawless was wrongly convicted of murder in 2002 and sentenced to live in prison. Lawless' conviction was based on his false confession that had been coerced by the police. Lawless' conviction was quashed in 2009 by the Criminal Court of Appeal for England and Wales.

Conviction Caused By:

Falsely confessed under police pressure that played on Lawless' “pathological need for attention.”

Innocence Proved By:

Lawless' conviction was quashed in 2009 by the Criminal Court of Appeal for England and Wales.

Defendant Aided By:

England's Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

40

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court quashes murder conviction, BBC News, June 16, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/8102600.stm

Information Source 2:

Attention-seeker' has murder conviction quashed - The Guardian (London) - 06-16-2009

Information Location 2:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/16/ian-lawless-murder-conviction-quashed

Information Source 3:

"Attention seeker' Ian Lawless has murder conviction quashed, By Adam Fresco (Crime Correspondent), The Times (London), June 16, 2009"

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6510502.ece

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