Douglas Pacyon

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	3-1/3 to 10 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.67
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Erie
City of Crime:	Buffalo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Douglas Pacyon was wrongly convicted in 1984 of athe May 1984 rape of a woman in Buffalo, New York based on the victim's eyewitness identification of him. Douglas Pacyon was sentenced to 3-1/3 to 10 years in prison. He was released in 1990 after serving 5-1/2 years. Based on DNA testing of biological evidence unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded Pacyon as the woman's assailant, on June 21, 2010, the charges were dismissed against him."
Conviction Caused By:	Victim's erroneous eyewitness identification.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on DNA testing of biological evidence unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded Pacyon as the woman's assailant, on June 21, 2010, the charges were dismissed against him."
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Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man jailed nearly 7 years for '84 rape is exonerated, The Buffalo News, August 21, 2010"
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Douglas Pacyon

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

3-1/3 to 10 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.67

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Erie

City of Crime:

Buffalo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Victim's erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on DNA testing of biological evidence unavailable at the time of his trial that excluded Pacyon as the woman's assailant, on June 21, 2010, the charges were dismissed against him."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Man jailed nearly 7 years for '84 rape is exonerated, The Buffalo News, August 21, 2010"

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http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article90422.ece

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