Gilbert Lee Poole Jr.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	32
Year Crime:	1989
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Year Cleared:	2021
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Oakland County
City of Crime:	Pontiac
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gilbert Lee Poole Jr. was wrongly convicted of murder in the stabbing death of Robert Mejia in 1989 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. Gilbert Poole's prosecution was based on expert forensic bite mark evidence that his teech matched the bite mark found on Mejia's body. After his conviction by a jury Gilbert Poole was sentenced to life in prison. After Poole's conviction bite mark evidence was recognized as unreliable and widely classified as "junk science." Post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene blood evidence excluded Poole as the assailant. Poole's conviction was vacated and he was released after almost 32 years in custody."
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Defendant Aided By:	Michigan AG Office Conviction Integrity Unit and Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	56
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Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Michigan man imprisoned for 32 years is freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of murder, By Steve Neavling, Michigan Advance, May 28, 2021"
Information Location 1:	https://www.michiganadvance.com/blog/michigan-man-imprisoned-for-32-years-is-freed-after-dna-evidence-exonerated-him-of-murder/
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Gilbert Lee Poole Jr.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

32

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2021

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Oakland County

City of Crime:

Pontiac

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Michigan AG Office Conviction Integrity Unit and Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

56

Sex:

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Michigan man imprisoned for 32 years is freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of murder, By Steve Neavling, Michigan Advance, May 28, 2021"

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https://www.michiganadvance.com/blog/michigan-man-imprisoned-for-32-years-is-freed-after-dna-evidence-exonerated-him-of-murder/

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