Michael Lee McCormick

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	20.75
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
County or Region of Crime:	Hamilton
City of Crime:	Chattanooga
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michael Lee McCormick was wrongly convicted in 1987 of the 1985 murder of a pharmicist, based on his false confession. Michael McCormick was sentenced to death. McCormick's conviction and sentence were overturned in 2003 and a new trial ordered after he had been on death row for 16 years. McCormick was acquitted on December 5, 2007 after a retrial, and he was released after more than 20 years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession by McCormick.
Innocence Proved By:	"McCormick's conviction was overturned in 2003, and he was acquitted on December 5, 2007 after a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	55
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Jury Finds McCormick Not Guilty Of Killing Jeannie Nichols, The Chattanoogan (Chattanoga, TN), December 5, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_118147.asp
Information Source 2:	"McCormick retrial cost, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 10, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nlada.org/DMS/Documents/1202747105.07/index.html
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Michael Lee McCormick

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

20.75

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

Hamilton

City of Crime:

Chattanooga

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession by McCormick.

Innocence Proved By:

"McCormick's conviction was overturned in 2003, and he was acquitted on December 5, 2007 after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

55

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Jury Finds McCormick Not Guilty Of Killing Jeannie Nichols, The Chattanoogan (Chattanoga, TN), December 5, 2007"

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http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_118147.asp

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"McCormick retrial cost, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 10, 2008"

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http://www.nlada.org/DMS/Documents/1202747105.07/index.html

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