Marlon Passley

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Marlon Passley was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of a teenager and the wounding two of the murdered man's friends in the Dorchester Neighborhood of Boston on Aug 11, 1995. At his trial, four witnesses said Passley shot the people while riding by them on a motorcycle. Seven alibi witnesses testified Passley was with them at a graduation ceremony for a cousin in another part of Boston when the shooting occurred. After the jury convicted Passley he was sentenced to life in prison. Passley filed a motion for a new trial based on the discovery of new exculpatory evidence. Passley was released on April 18, 1999 after prosecutors acknowledged there was a "substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice" and indicated evidence pointed to another person as the killer. He was wrongly imprisoned for three years. His conviction was overturned in 2000. In 2005 Marlon Passley filed a claim for compensation from the State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D, and his claim was settled in 2007 for $500,000."
Conviction Caused By:	"Erroneous eyewitness testimony of four people who said Passley was the shooter, when he was actually at a cousin's graduation ceremony miles away from the murder scene."
Innocence Proved By:	Discovery of exculpatory evidence three years after his conviction.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$500,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	""Massachusetts Man Celebrates Release," Leslie Miller, AP, April 19, 1999."
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/passley.htm
Information Source 2:	"Questions Linger As Prisoner Is Freed On Murder Charges, Leslie Miller, AP, April 19, 1999."
Information Location 2:	http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-99/04-19-99/a06sr020.htm
Information Source 3:	"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, March 22, 2006"
Information Location 3:	http://www.nodp.org/ma/mass_mistake.html
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Marlon Passley

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Erroneous eyewitness testimony of four people who said Passley was the shooter, when he was actually at a cousin's graduation ceremony miles away from the murder scene."

Innocence Proved By:

Discovery of exculpatory evidence three years after his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$500,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

""Massachusetts Man Celebrates Release," Leslie Miller, AP, April 19, 1999."

Information Location 1:

http://www.truthinjustice.org/passley.htm

Information Source 2:

"Questions Linger As Prisoner Is Freed On Murder Charges, Leslie Miller, AP, April 19, 1999."

Information Location 2:

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-99/04-19-99/a06sr020.htm

Information Source 3:

"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, March 22, 2006"

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http://www.nodp.org/ma/mass_mistake.html

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