Arvin Carsell McGee

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Charge:	"Rape, Kidnapping (abduction) and Robbery"
Sentence:	365 years
Years Imprisoned:	15
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Tulsa
City of Crime:	Tulsa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Arvin Carsell McGee was wrongly convicted in 1989 and sentenced to 365 years in prison for the 1987 kidnapping and rape of a twenty-year-old woman in the Tulsa, Oklahoma. The victim was tied up and locked in the restroom of the laundry where she worked. When the attacker returned he drove her to a secluded area where he raped her. Arvin McGee was convicted after three trials. DNA testing excluded him as the woman's attacker and he was freed in Feb. 2002. In Sept. 2002 it was disclosed by OK authorities that the DNA tests had implicated a man then imprisoned in an Oklahoma prison. Arvin McGee filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging investigating officers had acted with "deliberate indifference" to his rights. On March 29, 2006 Arvin was awarded damages of $14.5 million by a federal court jury against the city of Tulsa. Tulsa appealed, and in June 2006 a settlement was agreed to whereby the city would pay McGee $12.25 million -- $6.125 million within 60 days of June 1, 2006, and the remaining $6.125 million by June 1, 2007."
Conviction Caused By:	False eyewitness testimony by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA tests excluded Arvin McGee as the woman's attacker.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$12,250,000 (City of Tulsa, 2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Arvin Carsell McGee

Charge:

"Rape, Kidnapping (abduction) and Robbery"

Sentence:

365 years

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Tulsa

City of Crime:

Tulsa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False eyewitness testimony by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA tests excluded Arvin McGee as the woman's attacker.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$12,250,000 (City of Tulsa, 2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Arvin McGee, Innocence Project database"

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https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/arvin-mcgee/

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