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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault and Robbery |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
27 |
Year Crime: |
1988 |
Year Convicted: |
1988 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
North Carolina |
County or Region of Crime: |
Scotland |
City of Crime: |
Laurinburg |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Edward McInnis was wrongly convicted of sexual assault, robbery, and burglary related to a breakin of the home of an 81-year-old woman in Scotland County, North Carolina." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
27 |
Age When Released: |
54 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Black |
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"DNA frees man sentenced to life in 1988 rape, Mary Katherine Murphy, Richmond County Daily Journal, August 11, 2015" |
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http://yourdailyjournal.com/news/15250/dna-frees-man-sentenced-to-life-in-1988-rape |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org