Rodney Demetrius Sands

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Charge:	Manslaughter and Assault/Battery
Sentence:	60 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson Davis
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Rodney Demetrius Sands was wrongly convicted of two counts of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault in the shooting death of two mena and the wounding of a third in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. Sands' codefendant Aqui Demetrius Rhodes was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. Sands' defense was he didn't fire any shots and he was essentially an innocent bystander who was in a different car than Rhodes, who the testimony established actually fired the shots that killed two and wounded one person. Sands was sentenced to 60 years in prison and Sands was sentenced to two terms of life in prison plus 20 years. Sands and Rhodes appealed. On March 3, 2011 the Mississippi Supreme Court sitting en banc vacated Sands' convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. The ruling became final when the Court denied a rehearing on June 16, 2011. The Supreme Court affirmed all of Rhodes convictions."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 3, 2011 the Mississippi Supreme Court sitting en banc vacated Sands' convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. The ruling became final when the Court denied a rehearing on June 16, 2011. The Supreme Court affirmed all of Rhodes convictions."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$39,998 (State of Mississippi, 2015)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/
Information Source 2:	"Sands v. State, 62 So. 3d 374 (Miss. Supreme Court, 3-3-2011) (Vacating convictions based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"
Information Location 2:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11068205678455378163&q=Rodney+Demetrius+Sands&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
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Rodney Demetrius Sands

Charge:

Manslaughter and Assault/Battery

Sentence:

60 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson Davis

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 3, 2011 the Mississippi Supreme Court sitting en banc vacated Sands' convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. The ruling became final when the Court denied a rehearing on June 16, 2011. The Supreme Court affirmed all of Rhodes convictions."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$39,998 (State of Mississippi, 2015)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/

Information Source 2:

"Sands v. State, 62 So. 3d 374 (Miss. Supreme Court, 3-3-2011) (Vacating convictions based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11068205678455378163&q=Rodney+Demetrius+Sands&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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