Herman Lindsey

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Broward
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Herman Lindsey was wrongly convicted in 2007 of murdering shooting Joanne Mazzola with a .45-caliber handgun at the Big Dollar pawnshop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1994. Lindsey was sentenced to death. On July 9, 2009 the Florida Supreme Court unanimously overturned Lindsey's conviction and death sentence based on insufficiency of the evidence and remanded it to the trial court for dismissal. The Court wrote in its opinion, ''While we agree that the evidence here does seem suspicious, even a deep suspicion . . . is not sufficient to sustain conviction.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 9, 2009 the Florida Supreme Court unanimously overturned Lindsey's conviction and death sentence based on insufficiency of the evidence and remanded it to the trial court for dismissal."
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Herman Lindsey v. State of Florida, No. SC07-1167 (FL Sup Ct, 07-09-2009)"
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Information Source 2:	"Death Row inmate convicted in 1994 Broward murder will be set free, By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald, July 10, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1135302.html
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Herman Lindsey

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Broward

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 9, 2009 the Florida Supreme Court unanimously overturned Lindsey's conviction and death sentence based on insufficiency of the evidence and remanded it to the trial court for dismissal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Herman Lindsey v. State of Florida, No. SC07-1167 (FL Sup Ct, 07-09-2009)"

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"Death Row inmate convicted in 1994 Broward murder will be set free, By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald, July 10, 2009"

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1135302.html

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