Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
25 years to life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
4.5 |
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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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"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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"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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