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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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16.5 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
80 years |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
Year
Cleared:
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2010 |
Location
of Trial:
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Connecticut |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Co-defendant of George Gould. Both men were wrongly convicted in 1995 of the 1993 murder of a New Haven, Connecticut shopkeeper. Their convictions were based on their identification by a witness as leaving the store shortly after she heard the gunshot that killed the shopkeeper. Ronald Taylor and George Gould were both sentenced to 80 years in prison. Based on the witnesses recantation and DNA testing that conclusively eliminated Gould and Taylor as the source of DNA on a cord used to bind the shopkeeper's hands, the men's convictions were overturned on March 17, 2010. They were released on their own recognizance on April 1, 2010, after more than 16 years of wrongful conviction. |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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35 |
Age
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51 |
Information Source 1: |
Murder convictions of 2 Conn. men overturned, By John Christoffersen (AP writer), Seattle Times, March 18, 2010 |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011381388_apusmurderconvictionsoverturned.html |
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Two Men Free After 16 Years In Jail, By Christine Dempsey (staff), Hartford Courant, April 2, 2010 |
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http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-wrongfully-convicted-released-0401,0,1504149.story |
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Black |
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