Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.5 |
Year Crime: |
2004 |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
South Africa |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Mark Scott-Crossley was wrongly convicted in 2005 of the murder of a former worker who was killed and thrown into a den of lions when he returned for his belongings. Sentenced to life in prison. Conviction overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on September 28, 2007." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Conviction overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on September 28, 2007." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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"Mark Scott-Crossley is out, IOL (South Africa), August 21, 2008" |
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