John McGinty

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	John McGinty was wrongly convicted on 6/12/1997 of a drug offence. McGinty submitted an application to Scotland's Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. McGinty's case was referred by the SCCRC on 1/24/2003 to Scotland's Court of Appeal. On 1/18/2006 the appeals court quashed John McGinty's convictions.
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed by Scotland’s Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary on 1/18/2006."
Defendant Aided By:	Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
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Sex:	Male
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John McGinty

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by Scotland’s Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary on 1/18/2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"John McGinty, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 7, 2014)"

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http://www.sccrc.org.uk/conviction.aspx?start=49

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