Michelle Taylor

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Charge:	Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michelle Taylor was codefendant of her sister Lisa Taylor. The Taylor sisters were wrongly convicted in 1992 of murdering the bride of Michelle Taylor's former boyfriend on June 3, 1991 in London, England. There was no direct, eyewitness or confession evidence linking the sisters to the crime, and the judge told the jury that the case was entirely circumstantial. The convictions of Lisa and Michelle Taylor were quashed in June 1993 by the Court of Appeal based on the prosecution's failure to disclose favorable evidence, and that the endless sensational reporting and speculation by newspapers and tabloids that contaminated any possibility the jury could fairly consider the evidence they weren't guilty."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution misconduct of concealing favorable evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"The convictions of Lisa and Michelle Taylor were quashed in June 1993 by the Court of Appeal based on the prosecution's failure to disclose favorable evidence, and that the endless sensational reporting and speculation by newspapers and tabloids that contaminated any possibility the jury could fairly consider the evidence they weren't guilty."
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Murder trial sisters convicted by the media: Court of Appeal is told that police concealed evidence which might have pointed to Michelle and Lisa Taylor's innocence, in a case that was always thin, By Heather Mills (Home Affairs Correspondent), The Independent (London, England)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-trial-sisters-convicted-by-the-media-court-of-appeal-is-told-that-police-concealed-evidence-1491035.html
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Michelle Taylor

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution misconduct of concealing favorable evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Murder trial sisters convicted by the media: Court of Appeal is told that police concealed evidence which might have pointed to Michelle and Lisa Taylor's innocence, in a case that was always thin, By Heather Mills (Home Affairs Correspondent), The Independent (London, England)"

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-trial-sisters-convicted-by-the-media-court-of-appeal-is-told-that-police-concealed-evidence-1491035.html

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Innocent UK website

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