LaCresha Murray

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.67
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Travis
City of Crime:	Austin
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"LaCresha Murray was 11-years-old when indicted in 1996 for capital murder involving 2-year-old Jayla Belton - the youngest homicide prosecution in Texas history. DA Earle's evidence rested on an alleged confession by Murray, obtained by interrogation at a children's shelter in the absence of any attorney or family member. Murray's case provoked several public protests of Earle's office and at the Texas State Capitol from her detention in 1996 until her 1999 release, when the case was reviewed. Murray was tried again and convicted of intentional injury to a child. She was sentenced to 25-years confinement. In 2001, the Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals reversed her conviction after finding that her confession was illegally obtained. All charges were dropped against her. In 2002, a suit was filed against the Travis Co. District Attorney's Office and a host of other individuals and various agencies. The lawsuit alleges that Lacresha and her family have been victimized by malicious prosecution, defamation, mental anguish, libel and slander. Charges of racism are also raised in the suit, suggesting that the Murray family would have been treated differently had they been white. On November 28, 2005, Murray's suit was dismissed."
Conviction Caused By:	Confession as an 11-year-old was illegally obtained.
Innocence Proved By:	"In 2001, the Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals reversed her second conviction after finding that her confession as an 11-year-old girl was illegally obtained. The murder charges were subsequently dismissed with prejudice."
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Age When Imprisoned:	11
Age When Released:	14
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Lacresha Is Free!
Information Location 1:	http://www.peopleoftheheart.org/home.htm
Information Source 2:	"Ronnie Earle - 'LaCresha Murray case, Wikipedia.com"
Information Location 2:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Earle#LaCresha_Murray_case
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LaCresha Murray

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.67

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Travis

City of Crime:

Austin

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Confession as an 11-year-old was illegally obtained.

Innocence Proved By:

"In 2001, the Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals reversed her second conviction after finding that her confession as an 11-year-old girl was illegally obtained. The murder charges were subsequently dismissed with prejudice."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

11

Age When Released:

14

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Lacresha Is Free!

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http://www.peopleoftheheart.org/home.htm

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"Ronnie Earle - 'LaCresha Murray case, Wikipedia.com"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Earle#LaCresha_Murray_case

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