Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
15 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
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Year Convicted: |
1984 |
Year Cleared: |
1985 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Everet Baily Malloy was wrongly convicted in 1984 of murder based on eyewitness error by four people. After his imprisonment a woman was discovered who witnessed the murder and her information led to the filing of charges against the actual killer and the release of Malloy in 1985. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Eyewitness error by four people. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Eyewitness to the murder discovered after Malloy's conviction provided information that led to the actual killer. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
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Male |
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White |
Information Source 1: |
"Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases, Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 143." |
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In Spite of Innocence |
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