Thomas Murphy

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.5
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Wood
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Thomas Murphy was wrongly convicted of first and second-degree sexual assault of a woman that occurred in 1996 in Wood County, Wisconsin.Murphy's conviction was based on expert testimony that his hair matched hairs found at the crime scene. Murphy was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Murphy's conviction was overturned, in part based on the expert trial testimony that overstated the hair comparison that was in fact inconclusive. Murphy was acquitted after a retrial in 1999."
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Innocence Proved By:	Murphy's conviction was overturned and he was acquitted after a retrial in 1999.
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Age When Imprisoned:	39
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Thomas Murphy, The National Registry of Exonerations"
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Thomas Murphy

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Wood

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Murphy's conviction was overturned and he was acquitted after a retrial in 1999.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

39

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Thomas Murphy, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3498

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