James Powers

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	14 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Manchester
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"James Powers and Graham Huckerby were codefendants wrongly convicted in 2002 of being involved in the armed robbery of about $12 million (6 million) in cash and checks from an armored car in 1995. On December 20, 2004 the Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of Huckerby and Powers. On January 27, 2005, the prosecution announced it would not retry Huckerby or Powers."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On December 20, 2004 the Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of Huckerby and Powers."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Appeal Success For Raid 'Insider' BBC News, December 21, 2004"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4112979.stm
Information Source 2:	"Guard Wins Appeal Against Armed Robbery Conviction, Helen Carter, The Guardian, December 22, 2004"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1378287,00.html"
Information Source 3:	Family joy as raid guard to be freed - Manchester Evening News - 12-18-2004
Information Location 3:	http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/140/140647_family_joy_as_raid_guard_to_be_freed.html
Information Source 4:	"No retrial' for robbery accused, BBC News, January 27, 2005"
Information Location 4:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4212151.stm
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James Powers

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

14 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Manchester

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 20, 2004 the Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of Huckerby and Powers."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Appeal Success For Raid 'Insider' BBC News, December 21, 2004"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4112979.stm

Information Source 2:

"Guard Wins Appeal Against Armed Robbery Conviction, Helen Carter, The Guardian, December 22, 2004"

Information Location 2:

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1378287,00.html"

Information Source 3:

Family joy as raid guard to be freed - Manchester Evening News - 12-18-2004

Information Location 3:

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/140/140647_family_joy_as_raid_guard_to_be_freed.html

Information Source 4:

"No retrial' for robbery accused, BBC News, January 27, 2005"

Information Location 4:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4212151.stm

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