Mark Reid

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Charge:	Sexual Assault and Kidnapping
Sentence:	12 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	Hartford
City of Crime:	Hartford
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mark Reid was wrongly convicted on November 10, 1997 of the November 8, 1996 kidnapping and rape of a woman in Hartford, Connecticut. The victim, a white woman identified Reid, a light skinned black man, as her assailant. The jury relied on the victim's testimony and the testimony of a hair analyst that a foreign pubic hairs found on the victim was of Negroid origin and they matched Reid to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty. Reid was exonerated in 1993 by DNA testing of a pubic hair recovered from the victim that was identified as originating from a Caucasian. "
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification testimony of the victim and erroneous testimony that pubic hair recovered from the victim matched Reid to a reasonable scientific certainty.
Innocence Proved By:	Reid was exonerated in 1993 by DNA testing of a pubic hair recovered from the victim that was identified as originating from a Caucasian.
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State of Connecticut v. Mark Reid, 254 Conn. 540 (Conn. Supreme Court 2000)"
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Mark Reid

Charge:

Sexual Assault and Kidnapping

Sentence:

12 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

Hartford

City of Crime:

Hartford

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification testimony of the victim and erroneous testimony that pubic hair recovered from the victim matched Reid to a reasonable scientific certainty.

Innocence Proved By:

Reid was exonerated in 1993 by DNA testing of a pubic hair recovered from the victim that was identified as originating from a Caucasian.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"State of Connecticut v. Mark Reid, 254 Conn. 540 (Conn. Supreme Court 2000)"

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