Walter Tyrone Snyder Jr.

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Charge:	"Rape, Robbery and Sodomy"
Sentence:	45 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Arlington
City of Crime:	Alexandria
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Walter Snyder Jr. was wrongly convicted in 1986 of rape and sexual assault based on the victim's identification.The incident occured in October 1985 in Alexandria, Virginia. Walter Tyrone Snyder Jr. was sentenced to 45 years in prison. in 1992 DNA tests unavailable at the time of Snyder's trial excluded him as the assailant. On April 23, 1993 Governor L. Douglas Wilder granted Walter Tyrone Snyder, Jr., an absolute pardon for his 1986 conviction on the five counts of rape and sexual assault. Snyder was released later that day after seven years and four months of incarceration from his January 1986 arrest. On February 13, 1996 Virginia's legislature awarded Snyder compensation of $8,400."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on an exclusionary DNA test, on April 23, 1993 Governor L. Douglas Wilder granted Walter Tyrone Snyder, Jr., an absolute pardon for his 1986 conviction on the five counts of rape and sexual assault."
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$8,400 (State of Virginia, Feb 1996)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"A BILL for the relief of Walter Tyrone Snyder, Jr., The Virginia Legislature, February 13, 1996"
Information Location 1:	http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp524.exe?961+ful+SB78S1
Information Source 2:	"Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence after Trial, by Edward Connors, Thomas Lundregan, Neal Miller and Tom McEwen (US DOJ, National Institute of Justice, June 1996)"
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Walter Tyrone Snyder Jr.

Charge:

"Rape, Robbery and Sodomy"

Sentence:

45 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Arlington

City of Crime:

Alexandria

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on an exclusionary DNA test, on April 23, 1993 Governor L. Douglas Wilder granted Walter Tyrone Snyder, Jr., an absolute pardon for his 1986 conviction on the five counts of rape and sexual assault."

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$8,400 (State of Virginia, Feb 1996)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"A BILL for the relief of Walter Tyrone Snyder, Jr., The Virginia Legislature, February 13, 1996"

Information Location 1:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp524.exe?961+ful+SB78S1

Information Source 2:

"Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence after Trial, by Edward Connors, Thomas Lundregan, Neal Miller and Tom McEwen (US DOJ, National Institute of Justice, June 1996)"

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=20

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