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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation) |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
13 |
Year Crime: |
1984 |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year Cleared: |
1998 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
County or Region of Crime: |
Miami-Dade |
City of Crime: |
Miami |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Harold Grant Snowden was wrongly convicted of child abuse in 1986. Snowden was sentenced to two sentences of life in prison, with a minimum of 50 years in prison. Snowden's conviction was overturned by a federal court in 1998." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Harold Snowden's conviction was overturned by a federal court in 1998. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
38 |
Age When Released: |
51 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Snowden V. Singletary, No. 94-4303 (11th Cir., 1998)" |
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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&case=/data2/circs/11th/944303man.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Frontline: The "Miami Method" of Prosecuting Child Abuse Cases" |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/etc/miami.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org