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Vincent Rivers

 

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Vincent Rivers

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Rivers v. State, No. 77158, Motion No. M-39533, slip op. at 2 (N.Y.Ct.Cl. Jan. 12, 1989) (denying defendant's motion to dismiss)"

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Information Source 2:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 826"

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http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

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