Matthew Norwood

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Charge:	Carjacking
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Hinds
City of Crime:	Jackson
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Matthew Norwood was wrongly convicted in 1995 when he was 15, of a carjacking. Norwood was released on parole in 2007. On October 7, 2010, Norwood conviction was vacated based on a reinvestigation of his case by the Hinds County District Attorney's Office, which discovered new evidence he did not commit the crime. The District Attorney's Office supported vacating Norwood's conviction, and the charges were dismised on October 6, 2010. Norwood was wrongly imprisoned for more than 12 years. He was to receive $500,000 in compensation under Mississippi's state compensation statute in 10 annual payments of $50,000. "
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Defendant Aided By:	"Attorneys, Kevin Rundlett, Brad Oberhousen and Vicki Rundlett, assisted by Jacob Jordan and Stephanie Butts, two law students participating in the University of Mississippi Law School’s Innocence Clinic."
Compensation Awarded:	"$500,000 (State of Mississippi, $50,000 yearly for 10 years, 2015)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex-inmate cleared of crime, By Jerry Mitchell (staff), Jackson Clarion-Ledger, October 8, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101008/NEWS/10080340/Ex-inmate-cleared-of-crime
Information Source 2:	"Man cleared of crime after 12 years in prison, AP Story, Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 8, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/08/man-cleared-of-crime-after-12-years-in-prison/
Information Source 3:	"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/
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Matthew Norwood

Charge:

Carjacking

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Hinds

City of Crime:

Jackson

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

"Attorneys, Kevin Rundlett, Brad Oberhousen and Vicki Rundlett, assisted by Jacob Jordan and Stephanie Butts, two law students participating in the University of Mississippi Law School’s Innocence Clinic."

Compensation Awarded:

"$500,000 (State of Mississippi, $50,000 yearly for 10 years, 2015)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex-inmate cleared of crime, By Jerry Mitchell (staff), Jackson Clarion-Ledger, October 8, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101008/NEWS/10080340/Ex-inmate-cleared-of-crime

Information Source 2:

"Man cleared of crime after 12 years in prison, AP Story, Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 8, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/08/man-cleared-of-crime-after-12-years-in-prison/

Information Source 3:

"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"

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http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/

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