Vishnu Persad

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Charge:	Aggravated Battery
Sentence:	43 years
Years Imprisoned:	4.5
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Vishnu Persad was wrongly convicted of aggravated battery with a weapon in 2001, after a woman was shot during a "road-rage" incident on March 2, 2000. Parsad's conviction was overturned in April 2006 based on Parsad's argument that he was the victim of mistaken identity. On February 1, 2007, the charges were dismissed against Parsad."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Charges dismissed on February 1, 2007."
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Six years after conviction, state drops road-rage case, by Sally Apgar and Nancy Othón, Sun-Sentinel, March 1, 2007"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ppersad01mar01,0,2818405.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines"
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Vishnu Persad

Charge:

Aggravated Battery

Sentence:

43 years

Years Imprisoned:

4.5

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Charges dismissed on February 1, 2007."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Six years after conviction, state drops road-rage case, by Sally Apgar and Nancy Othón, Sun-Sentinel, March 1, 2007"

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"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ppersad01mar01,0,2818405.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines"

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