Larry Osborne

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Larry Osborne was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of two elderly women. The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed Osborne's conviction because hearsay statements by a witness who was not able to be cross-examined by Osborne were used against him. Osborne was released when the prosecution declined to reprosecute him in the absence of having any evidence he had committed the murders.
Conviction Caused By:	Inability to cross-examine a witness whose hearsay statements were used against Osborne.
Innocence Proved By:	Reversal of Osborne's conviction by the Kentucky Sup. Ct. and the prosecution declined to reprosecute him.
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Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Cases of Innocence
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innoccases.html
Information Source 2:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 3:	"Commonwealth v. Osborne, 43 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 2001)"
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Larry Osborne

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Inability to cross-examine a witness whose hearsay statements were used against Osborne.

Innocence Proved By:

Reversal of Osborne's conviction by the Kentucky Sup. Ct. and the prosecution declined to reprosecute him.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Cases of Innocence

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innoccases.html

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Death Penalty Information Center

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

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"Commonwealth v. Osborne, 43 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 2001)"

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