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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Manslaughter |
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Year Crime: |
2000 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
France |
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City of Crime: |
Paris |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
John Taylor and Continental Airlines were co-defendants wrongly convicted of manslaughter for deaths that resulted from the crash of a Concorde in Paris in July 2000. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"French Court Overturns Convictions in Concorde Crash, By Nicola Clark (staff), The New York Times, November 29, 2012" |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/business/global/french-court-overturns-conviction-in-concorde-crash.html |
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"Continental Concord crash conviction overturned by French court, By Greg Keller (AP), The Christian Science Monitor, November 29, 2012" |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1129/Continental-Concord-crash-conviction-overturned-by-French-court-video |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org