Thomas Rooney

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	9 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Thomas Rooney was wrongly convicted in 2004 of culpable homicide (US equivalent of manslaughter) in the March 10, 2004 death of a man. Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh quashed Thomas Rooney's conviction in January 2007."
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Innocence Proved By:	Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh quashed Thomas Rooney's conviction in January 2007.
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Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Miscarriage of justice man freed, BBC News, January 9, 2007"
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Thomas Rooney

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Thomas Rooney was wrongly convicted in 2004 of culpable homicide (US equivalent of manslaughter) in the March 10, 2004 death of a man. Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh quashed Thomas Rooney's conviction in January 2007."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Scotland's Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh quashed Thomas Rooney's conviction in January 2007.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Miscarriage of justice man freed, BBC News, January 9, 2007"

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http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6245447.stm

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