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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation) |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
1985 |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year Cleared: |
1988 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
El Paso |
City of Crime: |
El Paso |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Michelle Noble and Gayle Stickler Dove were codefendants. Dove was sentenced to 3 life terms plus 60 years, and Nobel was sentneced to life in prison plus 311 years." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Noble's Sixth Amendment right to confront her accusers was violated by the trial judge allowing the jury to view video tapes of the children making statements about Noble. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"Nobel was acquitted on April 9, 1988 after a retrial." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
34 |
Age When Released: |
36 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Two decades after McMartin: a follow-up of 22 convicted day care employees, By Mary deYoung, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, December 1, 2007" |
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http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Two+decades+after+McMartin%3a+a+follow-up+of+22+convicted+day+care...-a0170927352 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org