Chris McCullough

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	9
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Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Chris McCullough was wrongly convicted in 1991 of the 1989 murder of a female school teacher. McCullough's convictiono was quashed in January 2000 by the Ontario Court of Appeal after he was excluded by DNA tests of crime scene evidence, and six months later prosecutors dropped the charges in June 2000 after two jailhouse informants recanted their testimony against McCullough as fabricated, and an eyewitness came forward who excluded McCullough - and whose police statement at the time of the murder in 1989 was "misplaced." McCullough was wrongly imprisoned for nine years. McCullough filed a $7.6 million malicious prosecution lawsuit in December 2000, that was indefinitely stayed in February 2003."
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"DNA Tests Clear Man in Jail for Murder, New Trial Ordered, Toronto Star (Toronto, Canada), January 13, 2000."
Information Location 1:	http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/chrismccullough.htm
Information Source 2:	"Murder evidence ignored, Barbara Brown (Justice Reporter), The Hamilton Spectator, June 17, 2000"
Information Location 2:	http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/chrismccullough.htm
Information Source 3:	"Police Motion Halts Tapleytown Murder Lawsuit Indefinitely, Barbara Brown (Justice Reporter), The Hamilton Spectator, February 6, 2003."
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Chris McCullough

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"DNA Tests Clear Man in Jail for Murder, New Trial Ordered, Toronto Star (Toronto, Canada), January 13, 2000."

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http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/chrismccullough.htm

Information Source 2:

"Murder evidence ignored, Barbara Brown (Justice Reporter), The Hamilton Spectator, June 17, 2000"

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http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/chrismccullough.htm

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"Police Motion Halts Tapleytown Murder Lawsuit Indefinitely, Barbara Brown (Justice Reporter), The Hamilton Spectator, February 6, 2003."

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