Emily Perry

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	1982
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	South Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Emily Perry was wrongly convicted in 1981 of attempting to murder her husband by poisoning him. Emily Perry was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Her conviction was based on the testimony of South Australia's Chief Forensic Pathologist Colin Manock. In 1982 South Australia's High Court quashed Perry's conviction and she was released after a year of wrongful imprisonment.
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert testimony of South Australia's Chief Forensic Pathologist Colin Manock.
Innocence Proved By:	In 1982 South Australia's High Court quashed Perry's conviction and she was released after a year of wrongful imprisonment.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Emily Perry Homepage 1981 - Miscarriage of Justice (South Australia) - Networked Knowledge
Information Location 1:	http://netk.net.au/PerryHome.asp
Information Source 2:	"Zain faces court, Gilchrist faces sack, Manock faces 4 Corners, September 21, 2001."
Information Location 2:	http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/JA_DNA_news_20010925a.html
Information Source 3:	"Forensic DNA testing: Where technology trumps due process, June 30, 2002"
Information Location 3:	http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/
Information Source 4:	Perry v The Queen (1982) 150 CLR 580 (judgment dated 16 December 1982)
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Emily Perry

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

1982

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

South Australia

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert testimony of South Australia's Chief Forensic Pathologist Colin Manock.

Innocence Proved By:

In 1982 South Australia's High Court quashed Perry's conviction and she was released after a year of wrongful imprisonment.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Emily Perry Homepage 1981 - Miscarriage of Justice (South Australia) - Networked Knowledge

Information Location 1:

http://netk.net.au/PerryHome.asp

Information Source 2:

"Zain faces court, Gilchrist faces sack, Manock faces 4 Corners, September 21, 2001."

Information Location 2:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/JA_DNA_news_20010925a.html

Information Source 3:

"Forensic DNA testing: Where technology trumps due process, June 30, 2002"

Information Location 3:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/

Information Source 4:

Perry v The Queen (1982) 150 CLR 580 (judgment dated 16 December 1982)

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