Edward Splatt

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Charge:	Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	1984
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	South Australia
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Edward Splatt was wrongly convicted in South Australia in 1978 of murdering murdering an elderly woman at her home near the Cheltenham Cemetery. His false conviction was based on the suspect forensic testimony about the evidentiary value of trace evidence. Splatt's conviction was based solely on scientific and circumstantial evidence. His cause was taken up by reporter Stuart Cockburn of the Advertiser. With Splatt protesting his innocence and apparent irregularities in the evidence, the government agreed to a Royal Commission to investigate the case. In 1984 a Royal Commission was convened and it determined Splatt's conviction was unsafe because of irregularities in the "scientific" evidence used to convict him. Edward Splatt was subsequently released from prison in 1984 and compensated with $270,000 (AUS) for 6 years of false imprisonment. "
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous testimony of prosecution's expert forensic witness
Innocence Proved By:	"A Royal Commission found irregularities in the "scientific" evidence used to convict Edward Splatt, and he was subsequently released from prison."
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Compensation Awarded:	"AUS$270,000"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"
Information Location 1:	http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html
Information Source 2:	"Zain faces court, Gilchrist faces sack, Manock faces 4 Corners, September 21, 2001."
Information Location 2:	http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/JA_DNA_news_20010925a.html
Information Source 3:	Why “Pain”t Evidence Can Be Such a “Pain”
Information Location 3:	http://www.law-forensic.com/final_III.htm#c5
Information Source 4:	"Royal Commission Report concerning the conviction of Edward Charles Splatt (Adelaide, S. A. : Govt. Printer, 1984)"
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Edward Splatt

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

1984

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

South Australia

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous testimony of prosecution's expert forensic witness

Innocence Proved By:

"A Royal Commission found irregularities in the "scientific" evidence used to convict Edward Splatt, and he was subsequently released from prison."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"AUS$270,000"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"

Information Location 1:

http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html

Information Source 2:

"Zain faces court, Gilchrist faces sack, Manock faces 4 Corners, September 21, 2001."

Information Location 2:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/dna_info/dna/JA_DNA_news_20010925a.html

Information Source 3:

Why “Pain”t Evidence Can Be Such a “Pain”

Information Location 3:

http://www.law-forensic.com/final_III.htm#c5

Information Source 4:

"Royal Commission Report concerning the conviction of Edward Charles Splatt (Adelaide, S. A. : Govt. Printer, 1984)"

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