Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Rape and Indecent Assault |
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2001 |
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United Kingdom |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Olbie Shaw was co-defendant of Cornelius Renny Shaw. Both were wrongly convicted of rape and indecent assault. Olbie Shaw's applied to England's Criminal Case Review Commission to review his case as a miscarriage of justice. On March 28, 2000 the CCRC referred Shaw's case to the Court of Appeals, which quashed both Olbie Shaw and Cornelius Shaw's convictions on Feb 15, 2001." |
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"Court of Appeals quashed both Olbie Shaw and Cornelius Shaw's convictions on Feb 15, 2001." |
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"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission" |
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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html |
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