Johnson Thomas

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Saint Lucia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Johnson Thomas was wrongly convicted in March 2006 of manslaughter in an altercation with a man who had been harassing him. Thomas' self-defense defense was rejected by the jury. Johnson Thomas was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. On May 14, 2007 the Eastern Carribbean Court of Appeals quashed Thomas' conviction on the basis of improper comments by the trial judge about the knife that Thomas had, and believing that the jury would have otherwise acquitted him, the Court ordered Thomas' release with no retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Improper comments by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 14, 2007 the Eastern Carribbean Court of Appeals quashed Thomas' conviction on the basis of improper comments by the trial judge about the knife that Thomas had, and believing that the jury would have otherwise acquitted him, the Court ordered Thomas' release with no retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Johnson Thomas v The Queen, St Lucia, Criminal Appeal No. 7 of 2006, ECCA, Barrow, J.A., Delivered: May 14, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.eccourts.org/decisions/new/JohnsonThomasvTheQueenecsc1674.htm.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court of appeal releases youth, By Christine Larbey, The Star (Saint Lucia), September 25, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.stluciastar.com/NewsHome/TheCourts/tabid/577/newsid1171/2657/Default.aspx
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Johnson Thomas

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Saint Lucia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Improper comments by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 14, 2007 the Eastern Carribbean Court of Appeals quashed Thomas' conviction on the basis of improper comments by the trial judge about the knife that Thomas had, and believing that the jury would have otherwise acquitted him, the Court ordered Thomas' release with no retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Johnson Thomas v The Queen, St Lucia, Criminal Appeal No. 7 of 2006, ECCA, Barrow, J.A., Delivered: May 14, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.eccourts.org/decisions/new/JohnsonThomasvTheQueenecsc1674.htm.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court of appeal releases youth, By Christine Larbey, The Star (Saint Lucia), September 25, 2007"

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http://www.stluciastar.com/NewsHome/TheCourts/tabid/577/newsid1171/2657/Default.aspx

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