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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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18 |
Charge: |
Rape |
Sentence: |
35 years |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year
Cleared:
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2006 |
Location
of Trial:
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Texas |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted in August 1986 for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. After serving 14 years of his 35 year sentence, Arthur Mumphrey was released on parole in 2000. He was reimprisoned two years later in 2002 for violating conditions of his parole. DNA tests of crime scene evidence unavailable at the time of Mumphrey's conviction excluded him as the girl's assailant in January 2006. Released on January 27, 2006, after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment. Pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry on March 17, 2006. In August 2006 Mumphrey was awarded $452,082 compensation under Texas' wrongful conviction compensation statute. Half was paid in August 2006, and the other half was to be paid in August 2007. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA tests of crime scene evidence unavailable at the time of Mumphrey's conviction excluded him as the girl's assailant in January 2006.
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Compensation Awarded: |
$452,082 (Awarded in August 2006) |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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Age
When Released:
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42 |
Information Source 1: |
DNA, and wife's perseverance, lead to freedom, Renee C Lee (staff), Houston Chronicle, January 20, 2006 |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3599680.html |
Information
Source 2:
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DNA test to set man free after 18 years, Renee C Lee (staff), Houston Chronicle, January 19, 2006 |
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Location 2:
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3597003.html |
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Source 3:
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Governor pardons Mumphrey in rape he didn't commit, Renee Lee (staff), Houston Chronicle, March 17, 2006. |
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Location 3:
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3730570.html |
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Source 4:
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State awards $450,000 to man who was wrongly imprisoned, Associated Press story, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 10, 2006 |
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Location 4:
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http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/15978696.htm |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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