Dwayne D. Scruggs

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Charge:	Rape and Robbery (including burglary)
Sentence:	40+ years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	Marion
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Dwayne D. Scruggs was wrongly convicted in 1986 of rape and robbery. Scruggs was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. Scruggs was exonerated in 1993 by post-convictino DNA testing that excluded him as the woman's assailant.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	DNA
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Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Dwayne D. Scruggs

Charge:

Rape and Robbery (including burglary)

Sentence:

40+ years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

Marion

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Dwayne D. Scruggs was wrongly convicted in 1986 of rape and robbery. Scruggs was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. Scruggs was exonerated in 1993 by post-convictino DNA testing that excluded him as the woman's assailant.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

DNA

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=22

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