Darlene Span

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	"3 months house arrest and $6,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Maricopa
City of Crime:	Phoenix
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Darlene Span and her brother Jerry Span were codefendants wrongly conivcted in 1990 of assaulting two U.S. Marshalls in 1988. They were convicted based on the testimony of the U.S. Marshalls. Darlene was sentenced to 3 months house arrest and $6,000 fine, while Jerry was sentenced to 4 months house arrest and $1,000 fine. 'In February 1996 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Darlene Span's pro se petition for a writ of coram nobis and vacated the Spans' convictions based on the new photographic evidence taken by their 72-year-old mother it was the Spans who were assaulted by the U.S. Marshalls and not vice-a-versa. See, U.S. v. Span, 75 F. 3d 1383 (9th Cor, 1996)."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious testimony by the two U.S. Marshalls who the Spans had supposedly assaulted.
Innocence Proved By:	In February 1996 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Darlene Span's pro se petition for a writ of coram nobis and vacated the Spans' convictions based on the new photographic evidence taken by their 72-year-old mother it was the Spans who were assaulted by the U.S. Marshalls and not vice-a-versa.
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"U.S. v. Span, 75 F. 3d 1383 (9th Cor, 1996)"
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Darlene Span

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

"3 months house arrest and $6,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Maricopa

City of Crime:

Phoenix

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious testimony by the two U.S. Marshalls who the Spans had supposedly assaulted.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"U.S. v. Span, 75 F. 3d 1383 (9th Cor, 1996)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8035316733383982726&q=darlene+spans&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

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