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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
15 |
Year Crime: |
1977 |
Year Convicted: |
1979 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
Northern Ireland |
City of Crime: |
Derry |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Raymond McCartney and Eamonn MacDermott were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1979 of murder and sentenced to life in prison with parole. Their convictions were overturned in 2007. On May 11, 2011 England's nine-member Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that McCartney and MacDermott could pursue compensation claims." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
25 |
Age When Released: |
40 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"In the Matter of an Application by Eamonn MacDermott for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), [2011] UKSC 18, May 11, 2011" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/decided-cases/docs/UKSC_2010_0046_Judgment.pdf |
Information Source 2: |
"Two men jailed for murder can seek compensation, By Mark Hennessy (London Editor), Irish Times, May 12, 2011" |
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0512/1224296753146.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org