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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
90 days |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.17 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2017 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Harold James Monroe |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On December 7, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed conviction based on new scientific evidence that he didn't possess and illegal substance." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
47 |
Age When Released: |
47 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex Parte Harold James Monroe, No. WR-85,958-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 12-7-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition based on new scientific evidence.)" |
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