Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
7 years |
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1924 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
District of Columbia |
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District of Columbia |
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District of Columbia |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Maurice Sullivan was wrongly convicted of robbery in Washington D.C. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Eyewitness error |
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Actual culprit discovered |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
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Information Source 1: |
"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org