Gerard Richardson

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	30 years w/o parole
Years Imprisoned:	19
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Somerset
City of Crime:	Elizabeth
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Gerard Richardson
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Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Richardson as the woman's assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$369,000 (Somerset County, 2016)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"After nearly 20 years in prison, Elizabeth man likely to have his murder conviction vacated today, By Bill Wichert (Staff writer), The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), October 28, 2013"
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Gerard Richardson

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

30 years w/o parole

Years Imprisoned:

19

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Somerset

City of Crime:

Elizabeth

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Gerard Richardson

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Richardson as the woman's assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$369,000 (Somerset County, 2016)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"After nearly 20 years in prison, Elizabeth man likely to have his murder conviction vacated today, By Bill Wichert (Staff writer), The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), October 28, 2013"

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http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2013/10/convicted_murderer_likely_to_have_1995_conviction_vacated_today_based_on_dna_evidence.html

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