Eric D. Lynn

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13.33
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maryland
County or Region of Crime:	Montgomery
City of Crime:	Silver Spring
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Eric D. Lynn was wrongly convicted of murder in November 1994 by a bench trial based on the testimony of an informant paid by the police for her testimony. Eric Lynn's conviction was overturned in 2003 and he was subsequently released on bail pending a retrial. Lynn was acquitted on October 31, 2007 after he retrial. He had been wrongly imprisoned for 12 years. In August 2008 Lynn Filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Montgomery County for his wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct of failing to disclose that the lone eyewitness was a paid police informant.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial.
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Freed Bowie Man Sues Montgomery, By Ruben Castaneda, Washington Post, August 30, 2008, p. B04"
Information Location 1:	http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903096.html
Information Source 2:	"Bowie Man Acquitted of Murder After Serving 12 Years, Washington Post, November 1, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102991.html
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Eric D. Lynn

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13.33

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maryland

County or Region of Crime:

Montgomery

City of Crime:

Silver Spring

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct of failing to disclose that the lone eyewitness was a paid police informant.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Freed Bowie Man Sues Montgomery, By Ruben Castaneda, Washington Post, August 30, 2008, p. B04"

Information Location 1:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903096.html

Information Source 2:

"Bowie Man Acquitted of Murder After Serving 12 Years, Washington Post, November 1, 2007"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102991.html

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