Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Vehicle Offenses |
Sentence: |
1 yr driving ban and £430 fine |
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Year Crime: |
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Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Kingdom |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Wrongly convicted of driving his car in reverse along the side of a highway. Surveillance photos clearly show that the driver of the vehicle was a caucausian, when Edmond Taylor is black." |
Conviction Caused By: |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction quashed based on video evidence that another man committed the violation. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
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Age When Released: |
25 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Clear case of mistaken identity, The Voice, (London UK), November 15, 2006" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=10290 |
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"The proof .. in black and white, The Mirror (London UK), November 10, 2006" |
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"Embarrassments for the justice system, Socialist Worker, November 18, 2006" |
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http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10153 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org