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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Money Laundering |
Sentence: |
2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.67 |
Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
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Pennsylvania - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
City of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Asya Richardson was wrongly convicted in 2008 of money laundering in a drug case involving her boyfriend Ace Capone. She was sentenced to two years in federal prison. In September 2011 the federal appeals court overturned her conviction based on insufficient evidence and she was immediately released after 8 months imprisonment. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In September 2011 the federal appeals court overturned her conviction based on insufficient evidence. |
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Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Conviction overturned for girlfriend of drug-kingpin - Ace Capone, The Inquirer (Philadelphia), September 24, 2011" |
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http://articles.philly.com/2011-09-24/news/30198387_1_drug-kingpin-drug-network-money-laundering-conviction |
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