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Terry Pinfold

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

21

Year Crime:

1974

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Terry Pinfold was co-defendant of Harry Mackenney. The two men were business partners wrongly convicted in 1980 of murdering another businessman in 1974, based solely on the testimony of a former employee characterized as a pathological liar. The two men's convictions were reversed on December 16, 2003. Terry Pinfold spent 23 years imprisoned, and Harry Mackenney - released on parole in 1981 - spent 21 years wrongly convicted."

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Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed convictions on December 16, 2003 after referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

47

Age When Released:

68

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Pair jailed 23 years ago to be cleared of helping killer, Robert Verkiak, Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Independent, Oct 31, 2003"

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=459000

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