Charles Shepherd

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	14
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Charles Shepherd was codefendant of Anthony Faison. Both men were convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison based on a mistaken eyewitness identification. Shepard and Faison were exonerated by fingerprints that didn't match those of the confessed killer found at the crime scene of a cab driver's murder on March 14, 1987. Shepherd was awarded $1,650,000 in compensation in January 2003 for 14 years of wrongful imprisonment by the New York State Court of Claims. Shepherd also filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York, which was settled for $380,000 in 2003."
Conviction Caused By:	"False informant who perjured herself to split the $1,000 reward with her boyfriend, who actually committed the murder."
Innocence Proved By:	Fingerprints didn't match the killer
Defendant Aided By:	"Faison wrote 62,000 letters trying to enlist help from someone on the outside."
Compensation Awarded:	"$2,030,000 total. $1.65 million (State of New York, January 2003) & $380,000 (City of New York)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	""Among inmate's 62,000 letters, one leads to freedom," Larry McShane (AP), Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC, August 26, 2001, A1 and A8."
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Information Location 2:	"Innocent Man Writes His Way Out of Prison After 62,000," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 22, March 2003"
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Information Location 3:	"State to Give 2 Wrongly Convicted Men $1.65 Million Each, The New York Times, January 16, 2003"
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Charles Shepherd

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False informant who perjured herself to split the $1,000 reward with her boyfriend, who actually committed the murder."

Innocence Proved By:

Fingerprints didn't match the killer

Defendant Aided By:

"Faison wrote 62,000 letters trying to enlist help from someone on the outside."

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,030,000 total. $1.65 million (State of New York, January 2003) & $380,000 (City of New York)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

""Among inmate's 62,000 letters, one leads to freedom," Larry McShane (AP), Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC, August 26, 2001, A1 and A8."

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"Innocent Man Writes His Way Out of Prison After 62,000," Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 22, March 2003"

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"State to Give 2 Wrongly Convicted Men $1.65 Million Each, The New York Times, January 16, 2003"

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www.nytimes.com/.../state-to-give-2-wrongly-convicted-men-1.65-million-each.html

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