Jonathan Manley

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	12-1/2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	1994
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jonathan Manley was wrongly convicted of murdering his 22-month-old son and falsely imprisoned for a year on the basis of expert medical testimony. Manley was sentenced to 12-1/2 years in prison. In 1994 the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction on the basis of new medical evidence that his son died of natural causes. Manley was released after a year of wrongful imprisonment. Manley was denied compensation. Manley wrote a book about his ordeal, "Enemies Without Case - convicted, imprisoned, innocent", was published in Australia in 1998."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert medical testimony that his son was murdered.
Innocence Proved By:	In 1994 the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction on the basis of new medical evidence that his son died of natural causes.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	R. v Manley (2000) 49 NSWLR 203
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Information Source 2:	" "Enemies Without Cause - convicted, imprisoned, innocent", by Jonathon Manley (HarperCollins 1998)"
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Information Location 3:	""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"
Information Source 4:	http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html
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Book About Case:	" "Enemies Without Case - convicted, imprisoned, innocent", by Jonathon Manley (HarperCollins 1998)"
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Jonathan Manley

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

12-1/2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert medical testimony that his son was murdered.

Innocence Proved By:

In 1994 the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction on the basis of new medical evidence that his son died of natural causes.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

R. v Manley (2000) 49 NSWLR 203

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Information Source 2:

" "Enemies Without Cause - convicted, imprisoned, innocent", by Jonathon Manley (HarperCollins 1998)"

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""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"

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http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html

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Book About Case:

" "Enemies Without Case - convicted, imprisoned, innocent", by Jonathon Manley (HarperCollins 1998)"

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