Anthony Powell (Georgia defendant)

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Charge:	Sodomy (also Buggery)
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Anthony Powell was wrongly convicted in 1996 of sodomizing his 17 year old niece.
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Innocence Proved By:	"Georgia Supreme Court ruled the law he was convicted of was unconstitutional, and therefore he couldn't have committed the crime he was convicted of"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"George Supreme Court Overturns Sodomy Law, Bill Rankin (staff), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11-23-98"
Information Location 1:	http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/georgia/ganews13.htm
Information Source 2:	"Powell v. State, 270 Ga. 327, 510 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 11/23/1998)"
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Anthony Powell (Georgia defendant)

Charge:

Sodomy (also Buggery)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Anthony Powell was wrongly convicted in 1996 of sodomizing his 17 year old niece.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Georgia Supreme Court ruled the law he was convicted of was unconstitutional, and therefore he couldn't have committed the crime he was convicted of"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"George Supreme Court Overturns Sodomy Law, Bill Rankin (staff), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11-23-98"

Information Location 1:

http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/georgia/ganews13.htm

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"Powell v. State, 270 Ga. 327, 510 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 11/23/1998)"

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