Danny McNamee

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Charge:	Aggravated Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Known as the "Hyde Park bomber" who made a bomb that killed 4 soldiers in July 1982. Falsely convicted on 10-27-87 of attempting to cause explosions. His conviction was reversed on 12-17-98 due to the prosecutions failure to disclose relevant evidence to the defense."
Conviction Caused By:	"Prosecution claimed that two fingerprints found at an alleged bomb assembly location matched up with a thumb print a Duracell battery found amidst the bomb debris. The prosecution claimed the three prints came from "the same original master," and that person was Danny McNamee."
Innocence Proved By:	"Ct of Appeals quashed conviction on December 17, 1998"
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 2:	""Victory For Danny McNamee""
Information Location 2:	http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rapporteur/fair.html#anchor86850
Information Source 3:	"The Criminal Case Review Commission (UK), Annual Report 1998-99, p 16"
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Danny McNamee

Charge:

Aggravated Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Known as the "Hyde Park bomber" who made a bomb that killed 4 soldiers in July 1982. Falsely convicted on 10-27-87 of attempting to cause explosions. His conviction was reversed on 12-17-98 due to the prosecutions failure to disclose relevant evidence to the defense."

Conviction Caused By:

"Prosecution claimed that two fingerprints found at an alleged bomb assembly location matched up with a thumb print a Duracell battery found amidst the bomb debris. The prosecution claimed the three prints came from "the same original master," and that person was Danny McNamee."

Innocence Proved By:

"Ct of Appeals quashed conviction on December 17, 1998"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocent UK website

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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/

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""Victory For Danny McNamee""

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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rapporteur/fair.html#anchor86850

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"The Criminal Case Review Commission (UK), Annual Report 1998-99, p 16"

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