Gregory Parsons

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.17
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Newfoundland
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gregory Parsons was wrongly convicted in 1994 of murdering his mother, Catherine Carroll, and sentenced to life imprisonment. After 68 days imprisonment, Gregory Parsons was released on bail pending resolution of his appeal. A new trial was ordered by the Newfoundland Court of Appeals in 1996. Prior to the retrial, parsons was excluded as his mother's assailant by DNA testing that excluded him as the killer and the Newfoundland Sup Ct. entered a verdict of acquittal in November 1998. In March 2002 he was awarded CAN$650,000 in financial compensation by the government of Newfoundland. In November 2002, Parsons' childhood friend. Brian Doyle pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Parsons mother. In September 2005 Parsons was awarded an additional $650,000 in compensation by the government of Newfoundland - for a total of $1,300,000 (Canadian). The Lamer Inquiry was established in 2003 to look into the wrongful convictions in Newfoundland of Parson, Ronald Dalton and Randy Druken. The Inquiry Report was issued in 2006."
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Innocence Proved By:	In 1998 post-conviction DNA testing excluded him as the killer and the Newfoundland Supreme Court entered a verdict of acquittal in November 1998.
Defendant Aided By:	Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
Compensation Awarded:	"CAN$1.3 million total. (Canada). $650k in March 2002, and $650k in Sept. 2005"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Gregory Parson's case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"
Information Location 1:	http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/gregory-parsons/
Information Source 2:	Frontline - PBS program
Information Location 2:	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/cleared.html
Information Source 3:	"Award Doubled for Wrongful Conviction, Edmonton Sun, September 2, 2005"
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Gregory Parsons

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.17

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Newfoundland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In 1998 post-conviction DNA testing excluded him as the killer and the Newfoundland Supreme Court entered a verdict of acquittal in November 1998.

Defendant Aided By:

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Compensation Awarded:

"CAN$1.3 million total. (Canada). $650k in March 2002, and $650k in Sept. 2005"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Gregory Parson's case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"

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http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/gregory-parsons/

Information Source 2:

Frontline - PBS program

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/cleared.html

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"Award Doubled for Wrongful Conviction, Edmonton Sun, September 2, 2005"

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