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Mark Scott-Crossley

 

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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