Colin Campbell Ross

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Executed
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Year Crime:	1921
Year Convicted:	1922
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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City of Crime:
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Colin Ross was convicted and executed by hanging in 1922 for the murder of a young girl, mainly based on the erroneous hair matching evidence of forensic scientist Charles Price. Ross was the first person in Australia convicted on the basis of hair matching analysis. Colin Campbell Ross was pardoned in May 2008, 86 years after he was executed by hanging in 1922."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous hair matching testimony by the prosecution's expert. Ross was the first person in Australia convicted on the basis of hair matching analysis.
Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned in May 2008.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The hanged man's shadow, Australian Story - Transcript, Producer: Brigid Donovan, April 13, 2000"
Information Location 1:	http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s116934.htm
Information Source 2:	"Forensic DNA testing: Where technology trumps due process, June 30, 2002"
Information Location 2:	http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/
Information Source 3:	"Ross cleared of murder nearly 90 years ago, Brisbane Times, May 27, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/ross-cleared-of-murder-nearly-90-years-ago/2008/05/26/1211653984758.html
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Book About Case:	"Gun Alley: Murder, Lies and Failure of Justice, By Kevin Morgan, Simon & Schuster, 2005."
Book Information:	http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=73&pid=603501&er=9780731812936
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Colin Campbell Ross

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1921

Year Convicted:

1922

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous hair matching testimony by the prosecution's expert. Ross was the first person in Australia convicted on the basis of hair matching analysis.

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned in May 2008.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The hanged man's shadow, Australian Story - Transcript, Producer: Brigid Donovan, April 13, 2000"

Information Location 1:

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s116934.htm

Information Source 2:

"Forensic DNA testing: Where technology trumps due process, June 30, 2002"

Information Location 2:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/

Information Source 3:

"Ross cleared of murder nearly 90 years ago, Brisbane Times, May 27, 2008"

Information Location 3:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/ross-cleared-of-murder-nearly-90-years-ago/2008/05/26/1211653984758.html

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Book About Case:

"Gun Alley: Murder, Lies and Failure of Justice, By Kevin Morgan, Simon & Schuster, 2005."

Book Information:

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=73&pid=603501&er=9780731812936

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