Christopher C. Smith

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	38 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	Newcastle
City of Crime:	Henry
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Christopher C. Smith was co-defendant of Ralph Jacobs Jr.. Both were wrongly convicted in 1991 after falsely confessing and then pleading guilty guilty to the murder of a New Castle, Indiana drug dealer. Christopher Smith was sentenced to thirty-eight years and Jacobs to eight. Both had been imprisoned for eighteen months when the police arrested the true killer, who was linked to the crime by physical evidence, and eventually convicted. Both men were mentally handicapped adults."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession by both co-defendants.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrator found and convicted
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Christopher Smith and Ralph Jacobs, Cases of mentally disabled individuals be convicted on the basis of false confessions,"
Information Location 1:	http://www.normemma.com/artautboy.htm
Information Source 2:	"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"
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Christopher C. Smith

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

38 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

Newcastle

City of Crime:

Henry

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession by both co-defendants.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrator found and convicted

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Christopher Smith and Ralph Jacobs, Cases of mentally disabled individuals be convicted on the basis of false confessions,"

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http://www.normemma.com/artautboy.htm

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"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"

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