John L Shaw (1973 conviction)

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.3
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Year Convicted:	1973
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alaska
County or Region of Crime:	Fairbanks North Star
City of Crime:	Fairbanks
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"John Shaw was wrongfully convicted in 1973 of aiding in the theft of merchandise from a store in Fairbanks, Alaska. That wrongful conviction led to Shaw being separately convicted of two other crimes: Failing to Appear for Sentencing in 1980, and for being a Felon in Possession of a Firemarm in 1981. He was imprisoned separately for all three wrongful convictions. Imprisoned on this charge from December 1979 to March 1980."
Conviction Caused By:	"Incompetant attorney who had a conflict of interest by also representing Shaw's codefendant, who freely admitted his guilt, but who also insisted Shaw had nothing to do with the thefts, but was prevented from testifying to that fact by the lawyer, since to clear Shaw, the thieif would be admitting that he was the thief. The lawyer likewise prevented several witnesses for Shaw from testifying because by exonerating Shaw they would be implicating the other defendant, also the lawyer's client."
Innocence Proved By:	Reversal of Shaw's conviction on appeal.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Shaw v Dept of Admin., PDA, AK Supreme Ct. No. S-3720 (8-30-91), 816 P2d 1358"
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John L Shaw (1973 conviction)

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1973

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alaska

County or Region of Crime:

Fairbanks North Star

City of Crime:

Fairbanks

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Reversal of Shaw's conviction on appeal.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Shaw v Dept of Admin., PDA, AK Supreme Ct. No. S-3720 (8-30-91), 816 P2d 1358"

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http://touchngo.com/sp/html/sp-3745.htm

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