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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
4 years |
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1989-99 |
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Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Canada |
County or Region of Crime: |
Nova Scotia |
City of Crime: |
Dominion |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Joseph Melvin MacNeil wrongly convicted of sexual assaults allegedly committed in Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison. In July 2012 Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal overturned the 44-year-old MacNeil's convictions on the basis the prosecution's evidence was inconsistent with MacNeil's guilt." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In July 2012 Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal overturned MacNeil's convictions on the basis the prosecution's evidence was inconsistent with MacNeil's guilt. |
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Information Source 1: |
"Appeals court overturns convictions against C.B. man, CBC News, July 6, 2012" |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/07/06/ns-cb-appeal-court-sex-conviction.html |
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