Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
Year Crime: |
1989 |
Year Convicted: |
1989 |
Year Cleared: |
1994 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Rains |
City of Crime: |
Emory |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"John Miller and Debbie Loveless were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1989 of a murder committed in Emory County, Texas in 1989. Loveless and Miller were both sentenced to life in prison." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Junk science. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Loveless and Miller's convictions were overturned in 1994 based on new forensic evidence and they were released. |
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Compensation Awarded: |
No |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
42 |
Age When Released: |
47 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"National Police Abuse Project -- Rogue Cops, Page four, November 1, 2011" |
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http://www.policeabuse.20fr.com/police4.htm |
Information Source 2: |
"Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003, Samuel R Gross et al, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2005" |
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