Fredda Susie Mowbray

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Cameron
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Susie Mowbray was wrongly convicted in 1988 of murdering her husband, Bill Mowbray, in 1987. After incessantly protesting her innocence, she was granted a retrial in Nov. 1995 in a decision affirmed by a Texas appeals court that ruled prosecutors concealed a crucial report on the blood splatter evidence that supported Mrs. Mowbray's innocence. Mowbray was released on bail in 1997 after almost 10 years in incarceration. Mowbray was retried and acquitted on January 24, 1998. Forensic evidence supported that Susie Mowbray's husband committed suicide while she was asleep next to him in bed. Dr. Herbert MacDonnell testified that it was likely Mowbray committed suicide. After her acquittal she said: "Thank God it's over. We have been living with this burden and this hell for 10 years." (IWFFP, AP)."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutors concealed a blood expert's report that supported Mrs. Mowbray's innocence and contradicted their contention he was a murder victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Susie Mowbray was acquitted on January 24, 1998 after a retrial. Jury members said they were influenced by the mishandling of evidence by Cameron County, Texas law enforcement officers."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Innocent Woman Freed From Prison," Pauline Arrillaga, Associated Press (Brownsville, TX), January, 1998."
Information Location 1:	http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/wrong/smowbray
Information Source 2:	""Susie Mowbray requests $10 million from Cameron County for wrongful conviction," Associated Press, Madeline Baro, Dec., 17, 1998"
Information Location 2:	http://www.texnews.com/1998/texas/mowb1217.html
Information Source 3:	""The Verdict: Dishonor," Ken Armstrong and Maurice Possley, Tribune Staff Writers, Jan. 10, 1999."
Information Location 3:	http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/wrong/tribpros10.html
Information Source 4:	"After 9 Years in Prison, Woman Is Acquitted in Husband's Death, AP story, The New York Times, January 24, 1998"
Information Location 4:	http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/24/us/after-9-years-in-prison-woman-is-acquitted-in-husband-s-death.html
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Fredda Susie Mowbray

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Cameron

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutors concealed a blood expert's report that supported Mrs. Mowbray's innocence and contradicted their contention he was a murder victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Susie Mowbray was acquitted on January 24, 1998 after a retrial. Jury members said they were influenced by the mishandling of evidence by Cameron County, Texas law enforcement officers."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Innocent Woman Freed From Prison," Pauline Arrillaga, Associated Press (Brownsville, TX), January, 1998."

Information Location 1:

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/wrong/smowbray

Information Source 2:

""Susie Mowbray requests $10 million from Cameron County for wrongful conviction," Associated Press, Madeline Baro, Dec., 17, 1998"

Information Location 2:

http://www.texnews.com/1998/texas/mowb1217.html

Information Source 3:

""The Verdict: Dishonor," Ken Armstrong and Maurice Possley, Tribune Staff Writers, Jan. 10, 1999."

Information Location 3:

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/wrong/tribpros10.html

Information Source 4:

"After 9 Years in Prison, Woman Is Acquitted in Husband's Death, AP story, The New York Times, January 24, 1998"

Information Location 4:

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/24/us/after-9-years-in-prison-woman-is-acquitted-in-husband-s-death.html

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