James Thomas Porter

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
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Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	1982
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Anne Arundel
City of Crime:	Myersville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated - Died in Prison
Summary of Case:	"James Thomas Porter was twice wrongly convicted of the November 1, 1978 murder of a gas station attendent in Myersville, Maryland. Porter's first conviction in 1979 that resulted in a sentence of death on October 5, 1979 was overturned on appeal. Porter was retried. After Porter's second conviction he was sentenced to life in prison. Porter committed suicide while his appeal was pending. The Maryland Court of Appeal vacated his conviction in April 1982 and ordered dismissal of the charges with the prosecutors dropping their opposition to his appeal."
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Innocence Proved By:	Maryland's Court of Appelas vacated Porter's conviction and ordered dismissal of the murder charge against him after the State dropped its opposition to his appeal.
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Information Source 1:	"Inmate's Conviction Overturned Posthumously, AP Story, The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), April 26, 1982, p. 5"
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James Thomas Porter

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

1982

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Anne Arundel

City of Crime:

Myersville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated - Died in Prison

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Maryland's Court of Appelas vacated Porter's conviction and ordered dismissal of the murder charge against him after the State dropped its opposition to his appeal.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Inmate's Conviction Overturned Posthumously, AP Story, The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), April 26, 1982, p. 5"

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