John Quinn

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	6 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1957
Year Convicted:	1957
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Carlisle
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	John Quinn was wrongly convicted in 1957 after a three-day trial of theft and handling stolen scrap metal. He was sentenced to six years in prison and served five years at Dartmoor Prison. Quinn wrote thousands of letters over 47 years in an effort to prove his innocence. The Court of Appeals quashed John Quinn's conviction in November 2004 based on the accumulation of evidence supporting his innocence. Quinn was 76 years old.
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjury by the prosecution's key witness, Carlisle newspaper seller Billy Dixon."
Innocence Proved By:	Court of Appeals quashed conviction in November 2004 -- 47 years after his conviction.
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Now john's got justice, it's 'Quinn - The Musical', News and Star, North Cumbria, England, October 10,2005"
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John Quinn

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1957

Year Convicted:

1957

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Carlisle

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjury by the prosecution's key witness, Carlisle newspaper seller Billy Dixon."

Innocence Proved By:

Court of Appeals quashed conviction in November 2004 -- 47 years after his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Now john's got justice, it's 'Quinn - The Musical', News and Star, North Cumbria, England, October 10,2005"

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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=290159&imageindex=0

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