Ronnie Mahan

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Charge:	Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ronnie Mahan was codefendant of his brother of Dale Mahan who were wrongly convicted of the rape and kidnapping of a young woman in Jefferson County, Alabama in 1983. Both brothers were wrongly identified by the rape victim in a line-up. Dale was sentenced to 35 years in prison and Ronnie was sentenced to life in prison without parole. They were exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing of the rapist's sperm and public hair that excluded them as the assailants. Dale Mahon was 41 when he was killed in an automobile crash on December 3, 2002."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing excluded the brothers as the assailants.
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Ronnie Mahan

Charge:

Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing excluded the brothers as the assailants.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=51

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"Associated Press wire story, 12-19-97"

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