Teddy Pierries Thompson

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	17 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Hampton
City of Crime:	Hampton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Teddy Thompson was wrongly convicted of a robbery in 2000 based on his identification by one of the two victims. Teddy Thompson was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Thompson's conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, but he filed a motion for a new trial when the eyewitness recanted and said he had mistakenly identified Thompson. In 2007 Thompson's conviction was vacated and he was released. In February 2009 the Virginia state legislature passed a compensation bill awarding Thompson a lump sum of $50,000 plus an annuity of more than $207,000 to be paid monthly to him for 25 years. He also will receive up to $10,000 in tuition costs for college or technical training."
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Innocence Proved By:	In 2007 Thompson's conviction was vacated and he was released.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$257,000 (State of Virginia)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison has conviction overturned, WAVY-TV (Portsmouth, VA), September 10, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7050462&nav=23ii
Information Source 2:	"Hampton man set free after witness recants, By Peter Dujardin, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), September 11, 2007"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-prisonrelease,0,6530697.story?coll=hr_tab01_layout"
Information Source 3:	"Hampton man to receive state compensation for wrongful conviction, By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian Pilot, February 24, 2009"
Information Location 3:	http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/hampton-man-receive-state-compensation-wrongful-conviction
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Teddy Pierries Thompson

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

17 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Hampton

City of Crime:

Hampton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In 2007 Thompson's conviction was vacated and he was released.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$257,000 (State of Virginia)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison has conviction overturned, WAVY-TV (Portsmouth, VA), September 10, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7050462&nav=23ii

Information Source 2:

"Hampton man set free after witness recants, By Peter Dujardin, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), September 11, 2007"

Information Location 2:

"http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-prisonrelease,0,6530697.story?coll=hr_tab01_layout"

Information Source 3:

"Hampton man to receive state compensation for wrongful conviction, By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian Pilot, February 24, 2009"

Information Location 3:

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/hampton-man-receive-state-compensation-wrongful-conviction

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