Joseph Dean Shelton

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Charge:	Failure to report or register as a sex offender
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Years Imprisoned:	0.25
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Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Dean Shelton was wrongly convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in Dallas County, Texas. After his exoneration in 2003, on September 10, 2004 the State of Texas awarded Joseph Shelton wrongful imprisonment compensation of a lump sum of $6,249.99 plus a $404.27 monthly annuity."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$6,249.99 lump sum payment plus $404.27 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 9-10-2004)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Wrongful Convictions Have Cost Texans More Than $93 Million, By Johnathan Silver and Lindsay Carbonell, The Texas Tribune, June 24, 2016"
Information Location 1:	https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/24/wrongful-convictions-cost-texans-over-93-million/
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Joseph Dean Shelton

Charge:

Failure to report or register as a sex offender

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Joseph Dean Shelton was wrongly convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in Dallas County, Texas. After his exoneration in 2003, on September 10, 2004 the State of Texas awarded Joseph Shelton wrongful imprisonment compensation of a lump sum of $6,249.99 plus a $404.27 monthly annuity."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$6,249.99 lump sum payment plus $404.27 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 9-10-2004)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Wrongful Convictions Have Cost Texans More Than $93 Million, By Johnathan Silver and Lindsay Carbonell, The Texas Tribune, June 24, 2016"

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https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/24/wrongful-convictions-cost-texans-over-93-million/

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