Dwayne Nabors

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Charge:	Firearm related (including ammunition)
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.33
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Richland
City of Crime:	Mansfield
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"One of seventeen people from Mansfield, Ohio wrongly convicted of selling drugs based on the false testimony of DEA informant Jerrell Bray who worked under the supervision of DEA agent Lee Lucas. Dwayne Nabors was convicted after a guilty plea, of possessing two handguns. The guns were found during a search of his home for drugs based on a warrant obtained from Bray's sworn affidavit that he bought a pound of cocaine from Nabors for $10,000. No drugs were found in Nabors home, but the two handguns were found.) He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. After Bray admitted he made up his accusations against the defendants, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion to vacate all their convictions. The search warrant for Nabors house was based on Bray's perjury, so it was invalid, and the seizure of the handguns was illegal. Nabors convictions were vacated and he was released from prison on October 26, 2007 after 16 months of wrongful imprisonment. Geneva France's conviction was overturned in June 2007, 19 months after he jury trial conviction, The other defendants were released on or about February 1, 2008, after about 26 months of wrongful imprisonment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"After Bray admitted he made up his accusations against the defendants, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion to vacate all their convictions. The search warrant for Nabors house was based on Bray's perjury, so it was invalid, and the seizure of the handguns was illegal. Nabors convictions were vacated and he was released from prison on October 26, 2007 after 16 months of wrongful imprisonment."
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Feds to release 15 more people in botched mansfield drug case, By John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 22, 2008"
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Dwayne Nabors

Charge:

Firearm related (including ammunition)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.33

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Richland

City of Crime:

Mansfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

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"Feds to release 15 more people in botched mansfield drug case, By John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 22, 2008"

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"Struggles await 15 men freed in tainted Mansfield drug case, By John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 3, 2008"

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