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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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Years Imprisoned: |
2.5 |
Year Crime: |
2000 |
Year Convicted: |
2003 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Australia |
County or Region of Crime: |
Queensland |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Laurie Stevens was wrongly convicted in April 2003 of murdering his business partner in June 2000. In 2001 a coroner refused to make findings supporting Stevens' prosecution. Prosecutors proceeded with Stevens' prosecution anyway, and in 2002 a jury was unable to reach a verdict after four days of deliberations. After a retrial in April 2003, Stevens was found guilty. He appealed and Queensland's Court of Appeals upheld his conviction in 2004. Australia's High Court then quashed Stevens' conviction in March 2006. After his third trial, Stevens was acquitted by a jury after three hours deliberation in July 2006. He had been wrongly imprisoned for almost three years." |
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"Australia's High Court quashed Laurie Stevens' conviction, and then he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2006." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
49 |
Age When Released: |
52 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Verdict pleases nobody, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Mark Oberhardt, July 28, 2006" |
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"http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,19934964-3102,00.html" |
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