Karl McHaragh

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Jamaica
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Karl McHaragh was co-defendant of Brian Ranking. Wrongly convicted in March 2004 of a 1999 murder and sentenced to death. After a ruling by the Privy Council in London granted judges more discretion in sentencing, both defendants were resentenced in September 2004 to 30 years to life in prison. The murder convictions of both men were quashed by the Jamaica's Court of Appeal in May 2006 and they were released after three years of wrongful imprisonment."
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Innocence Proved By:	The murder convictions of both men were quashed by the Jamaica's Court of Appeal in May 2006 and they were released after three years of wrongful imprisonment.
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Information Source 1:	"Men accused of 1999 double murder go free, Radio Jamaica, May 31, 2006"
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Karl McHaragh

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Jamaica

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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The murder convictions of both men were quashed by the Jamaica's Court of Appeal in May 2006 and they were released after three years of wrongful imprisonment.

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Male

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"Men accused of 1999 double murder go free, Radio Jamaica, May 31, 2006"

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http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=25101

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