Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
6 |
Year Crime: |
1989 |
Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year Cleared: |
1996 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Tennessee |
County or Region of Crime: |
Sumner |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Ronnie Marshall was co-defendant of Robert Spurlock. Both men wrongly convicted of murder. The real killer confessed in 1995, and the convictions were vacated in 1996 and the men were released." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Prosecutor concealed exculpatory evidence pointing to other suspects. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Convictions vacated after real killer confesses. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38 |
Information Source 2: |
845 S.W.2d 228 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org