Jimmy Lee Mathers

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1990
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jimmy Lee Mathers was convicted of first degree murder in 1987 and sentenced to death along with two co-defendants. At trial, Mathers moved for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the prosecution's case, maintaining that the state had not presented evidence sufficient to support a conviction. The motion was denied. Mathers' case was reviewed by the Arizona Supreme Court in 1990. Examining the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the Court found that there was a complete absence of probative facts to support Mathers' conviction. The Court stated that most of the evidence presented at trial had "nothing to do with Mathers" and noted that even the trial judge expressed doubt as to whether Mathers was involved in the crime. The Court set aside Mathers' conviction and sentence and entered a judgment of acquittal. (State v. Mathers, 796 P.2d 866 (Ariz. 1990)). The conviction of Mathers' co-defendants were affirmed."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned by Arizona Supreme Court in 1990 which ordered a judgment of acquittal for a lack of evidence.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row
Information Source 2:	"State v. Mathers, 796 P.2d 866 (Ariz. 1990)"
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Jimmy Lee Mathers

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1990

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned by Arizona Supreme Court in 1990 which ordered a judgment of acquittal for a lack of evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row

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"State v. Mathers, 796 P.2d 866 (Ariz. 1990)"

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