Henry Myron Roberts

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	50 years
Years Imprisoned:	5.5
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Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maryland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously - Died in prison
Summary of Case:	"Henry Myron Roberts was posthumously exonerated in April 2002 -- 5-1-2 years after dying in prison on December 22, 1996 at the age of 68 -- when prosecutors acknowledged Henry Roberts was innocent of shooting his nephew after the actual killer confessed. Mr. Roberts was critically wounded when his nephew was killed, and he had tirelessly proclaimed his innocence in hundreds of letters written while in prison."
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Innocence Proved By:	Henry Myron Roberts was posthumously exonerated in April 2002 when the actual killer confessed.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	63
Age When Released:	68
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""No one heeded inmate's protests: Prosecutors try to learn how innocent man was convicted of murder; Roberts died after 6 years in jail," Michael James (staff), Baltimore Sun, April 10, 2002."
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Information Source 2:	""Police had real killer's identity: Follow-up probe failed to free Roberts; witnesses from tip uncooperative," Michael James (staff), Baltimore Sun, April 11, 2002."
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Information Source 3:	""A delay of justice proves to have fatal consequences," Dan Rodricks (staff columnist), Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2002."
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Information Source 4:	""Convict cleared 5 years after death," (AP), The Washington Times, April 11, 2002. www.washtimes.com"
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Henry Myron Roberts

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

5.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maryland

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously - Died in prison

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Henry Myron Roberts was posthumously exonerated in April 2002 when the actual killer confessed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

63

Age When Released:

68

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""No one heeded inmate's protests: Prosecutors try to learn how innocent man was convicted of murder; Roberts died after 6 years in jail," Michael James (staff), Baltimore Sun, April 10, 2002."

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Information Source 2:

""Police had real killer's identity: Follow-up probe failed to free Roberts; witnesses from tip uncooperative," Michael James (staff), Baltimore Sun, April 11, 2002."

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""A delay of justice proves to have fatal consequences," Dan Rodricks (staff columnist), Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2002."

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""Convict cleared 5 years after death," (AP), The Washington Times, April 11, 2002. www.washtimes.com"

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