Paul Palmer

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1988
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Rensselaer
City of Crime:	Troy
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Paul Palmer
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Innocence Proved By:	The Supreme Court Appellate Division reversed Palmer's conviction and ordered a retrial based on the prosecution failure to disclose exculpatory evidence. Palmer was acquitted in 1988 after a retrial.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Paul Palmer, 137 A.D.2d 881, 524 N.Y.S.2d 564 (3d Dep't 1988) (mem.) (vacating the conviction and ordering a new trial)."
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1256599974409349174&q=137+A.D.2d+881,+524+N.Y.S.2d+564&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33,75,99,107,122,138,162,286,287,288,289,349,350,351,352,380"
Information Source 2:	"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 824"
Information Location 2:	http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions
Information Source 3:	"Albany Times-Union, Nov. 24, 1988, at A1, col. 1."
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Information Source 4:	"Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases, By Scott Christianson, New York University Press, 2004, p. 181"
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Paul Palmer

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1988

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Rensselaer

City of Crime:

Troy

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Paul Palmer

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The Supreme Court Appellate Division reversed Palmer's conviction and ordered a retrial based on the prosecution failure to disclose exculpatory evidence. Palmer was acquitted in 1988 after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"People v. Paul Palmer, 137 A.D.2d 881, 524 N.Y.S.2d 564 (3d Dep't 1988) (mem.) (vacating the conviction and ordering a new trial)."

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1256599974409349174&q=137+A.D.2d+881,+524+N.Y.S.2d+564&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33,75,99,107,122,138,162,286,287,288,289,349,350,351,352,380"

Information Source 2:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 824"

Information Location 2:

http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

Information Source 3:

"Albany Times-Union, Nov. 24, 1988, at A1, col. 1."

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"Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases, By Scott Christianson, New York University Press, 2004, p. 181"

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