Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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1970 |
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U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
North Carolina |
County or Region of Crime: |
Forsyth |
City of Crime: |
Winston-Salem |
Result: |
Pardoned |
Summary of Case: |
Ernest Harold Pitt was convicted on a drug charge in 1970. Ernie Pitt was pardoned by North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt in the 1990s. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Pardoned by North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt in the 1990s. |
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Male |
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Black |
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"Pitt encourages for prison inmates to improve their lives and help someone, By John Hinton (staff), Winston-Salem Journal, November 10, 2011" |
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http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/nov/10/wsmet01-pitt-encourages-for-prison-inmates-to-impr-ar-1593701/ |
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