Charles McMenamin

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Charge:	Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Northern Ireland
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Charles McMenamin (aka Charlie McMenamin) was wrongly convicted in 1980 of belonging to a proscribed organisation (x2), having a firearm with intent (x2), conspiracy to murder, possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent, possession of a firearm, collecting unlawful information, and communicating unlawful information. The charges were related to a conspiracy to kill British soldiers in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1978 when McMenamin was 16 years old. McMenamin's conviction was based on his confession that he recanted as coerced by police torture. He served 3 years in prison before his release in 1983. McMenamin filed an application for review of his conviction with the Criminal Case Review Commission. The CCRC's investigation discovered new evidence of his innocence, and that his confession had been beaten out of him. His case was referred by the CCRC on August 22, 2006. On June 19, 2007 the Belfast Court of Appeal quashed his conviction based on evidence that his confession was involuntary and that on the day he was alleged to have been involved in the gun attack, McMenamin was in a juvenile training centre after running away from home."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted by police beating McMenamin.
Innocence Proved By:	"On June 19, 2007 the Belfast Court of Appeal quashed his conviction based on evidence that his confession was involuntary and that on the day he was alleged to have been involved in the gun attack, McMenamin was in a juvenile training centre after running away from home."
Defendant Aided By:	"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	21
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Queen v. Charles Columba McMenamin, no. [2007] NICA 22, June 19, 2007"
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Information Source 2:	"Attempted Murder Conviction Tossed 29 Years After False Confession By Juvenile Who Wasn’t At Crime Scene, Justice:Denied - the magazine for the wrongly convicted, Issue 38, Fall 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://justicedenied.org
Information Source 3:	"Miscarriage of Justice - one of many under Diplock system , An Phoblacht, May 17, 2007"
Information Location 3:	http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/19120
Information Source 4:	"Teenage convictions set to be overturned, By Laura Friel, IRIS (the Republican magazine), August 27, 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/38779
Information Source 5:	"Charles McMenamin, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"
Information Location 5:	http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/15
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Charles McMenamin

Charge:

Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Northern Ireland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted by police beating McMenamin.

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 19, 2007 the Belfast Court of Appeal quashed his conviction based on evidence that his confession was involuntary and that on the day he was alleged to have been involved in the gun attack, McMenamin was in a juvenile training centre after running away from home."

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

21

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The Queen v. Charles Columba McMenamin, no. [2007] NICA 22, June 19, 2007"

Information Location 1:

Information Source 2:

"Attempted Murder Conviction Tossed 29 Years After False Confession By Juvenile Who Wasn’t At Crime Scene, Justice:Denied - the magazine for the wrongly convicted, Issue 38, Fall 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://justicedenied.org

Information Source 3:

"Miscarriage of Justice - one of many under Diplock system , An Phoblacht, May 17, 2007"

Information Location 3:

http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/19120

Information Source 4:

"Teenage convictions set to be overturned, By Laura Friel, IRIS (the Republican magazine), August 27, 2009"

Information Location 4:

http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/38779

Information Source 5:

"Charles McMenamin, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

Information Location 5:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/15

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