John C. Skelton

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1990
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"John C. Skelton was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. John Skelton was exonerated and relesed in 1990. In 2006 Skelton was 77 when he was convicted in federal court in Houston of interstate extortion in a scheme to extort $300,000 from a West Texas man."
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Age When Imprisoned:	54
Age When Released:	61
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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John C. Skelton

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1990

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"John C. Skelton was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. John Skelton was exonerated and relesed in 1990. In 2006 Skelton was 77 when he was convicted in federal court in Houston of interstate extortion in a scheme to extort $300,000 from a West Texas man."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

54

Age When Released:

61

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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Death Penalty Information Center

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