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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
3 yrs |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.43 |
Year Crime: |
2004 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Canada |
County or Region of Crime: |
Alberta |
City of Crime: |
Edmonton |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Orman Savage was wrongly convicted on August 16, 2007 of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 31, 2004. Savage was a 33-year-old master corporal in the army, and the woman alleged he raped her when she was celebrating with other young recruits at Debney Armoury in Edmonton after completing her first month of basic training. There was no physical, eyewitness, or confession evidence supporting Savage committed the alleged crime, so his prosecution was based on the woman's claim. After his conviction following a bench (judge only) trial, Savage, the married father of three children, was sentenced to three years in prison. Savage appealed, and the Alberta Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and ordered a retrial. After his retrial, on October 30, 2009 a jury acquitted Savage after deliberating for about an hour. On October 20, 2011 Savage filed a lawsuit in the Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench against his accuser, alleging she lied to military police and then to the court in both his trials, and that her mother also lied under oath. He also claimed that the investigation was conducted by poorly trained and malicious military police who abused their authority. " |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"After his retrial, on October 30, 2009 a jury acquitted Savage after deliberating for about an hour." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
36 |
Age When Released: |
37 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex-soldier acquitted in 2nd sex assault trial, By Staff writer, CBC News, October 30, 2009" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ex-soldier-acquitted-in-2nd-sex-assault-trial-1.793627 |
Information Source 2: |
"Soldier found guilty of sexual assault: A soldier has been convicted of sexually assaulting a young female recruit during a party after basic training three years ago, By Staff writer, Edmonton Journal, August 16, 2007" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=b5448ccb-9b4a-409e-9eb8-5fb5c9243b5b |
Information Source 3: |
"Ex-soldier acquitted of sexual assault sues complainant, military, By Staff writer, CBC News, October 28, 2011" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ex-soldier-acquitted-of-sexual-assault-sues-complainant-military-1.1036136 |
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