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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Escape |
Sentence: |
5 month sentence |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.43 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Christopher O'Connor was wrongly convicted of escaping from prison in April 2009, after his sentence for a violation of the law had expired. O'Connor was sentenced to five months in prison for the escape. On November 17, 2010, England's Court of Appeal quashed O'Connor's conviction on the basis a person cannot violate the law by "escaping" from custody when they are not lawfully being held in custody. " |
Conviction Caused By: |
Judge misinterpreted the law of escape that doesn't apply to a person who is not being lawfully held. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"On November 17, 2010, England's Court of Appeal quashed O'Connor's conviction." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
31 |
Age When Released: |
31 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Man jailed for escaping custody has conviction quashed, The Sentinel (Staffordshire, UK), November 18, 2010" |
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http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Conviction-quashed-date-error/article-2910278-detail/article.html |
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