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Brian Ranking

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Jamaica

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Brian Ranking was co-defendant of Karl McHaragh. Wrongly convicted in March 2004 of a 1999 murder and sentenced to death. After a ruling by the Privy Council in London granted judges more discretion in sentencing, both defendants were resentenced in September 2004 to 30 years to life in prison. The murder convictions of both men were quashed by the Jamaica's Court of Appeal in May 2006 and they were released after three years of wrongful imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The murder convictions of both men were quashed by the Jamaica's Court of Appeal in May 2006 and they were released after three years of wrongful imprisonment.

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Men accused of 1999 double murder go free, Radio Jamaica, May 31, 2006"

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http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=25101

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