Raymond Grant Pedrana

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	6 yrs 8 months (5 year min.)
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	New South Wales
City of Crime:	Dharruk
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Raymond Grant Pedrana was wrongly convicted on May 24, 1990 of a home robbery committed in Dharruk on May 12, 1988. Pedrana was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the robbery, and he confessed after being physically mistreated by the interrogating officers. Pedrana was sentenced to serve a minimum of 5 years in prison, After Pedrana had served his sentence corruption involving the officers involved in his interrogation came to light. Pedrana filed a fresh appeal based on the new evidence supporting his confession was in fact coerced. On March 23. 2001 the New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeals quashed Pedrana's conviction and ordered his acquittal."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by the police.
Innocence Proved By:	On March 23. 2001 the New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeals quashed Pedrana's conviction and ordered his acquittal.
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Information Source 1:	Regina v Pedrana [2001] NSWCCA 66 (23 March 2001) (Quashing convictions and ordering acquittal)
Information Location 1:	http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2001/66.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=title%28Pedrana%20%29
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Raymond Grant Pedrana

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

6 yrs 8 months (5 year min.)

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Dharruk

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by the police.

Innocence Proved By:

On March 23. 2001 the New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeals quashed Pedrana's conviction and ordered his acquittal.

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Male

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Regina v Pedrana [2001] NSWCCA 66 (23 March 2001) (Quashing convictions and ordering acquittal)

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http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2001/66.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=title%28Pedrana%20%29

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