Philip Leon Thurman

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Charge:	"Rape, Kidnapping (abduction) and Assault"
Sentence:	31 years
Years Imprisoned:	19.83
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Arlington
City of Crime:	Alexandria
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	Philip Leon Thurman was wrongly convicted of rape in 1985. He was paroled in February 2005. Philip Thurman was pardoned by Virginia Governor Warner in December 2005 after DNA tests unavialable at the time of Thurman's trial. Thurman had been wrongly imprisoned for 20 years.
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Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned by VA Governor Warner based on exclusionary DNA tests.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$468,000 (State of Virginia)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Gov. Warner pardons two men cleared by old DNA evidence, Michelle Washington, The Virginian-Pilot, December 23, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=97251&ran=60400
Information Source 2:	"Justice Delayed - Phillip Thurman was jailed 20 years for a crime he did not commit, Michael Lee Pope, The Connection, January 05, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=60490&paper=59&cat=104
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Philip Leon Thurman

Charge:

"Rape, Kidnapping (abduction) and Assault"

Sentence:

31 years

Years Imprisoned:

19.83

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Arlington

City of Crime:

Alexandria

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Philip Leon Thurman was wrongly convicted of rape in 1985. He was paroled in February 2005. Philip Thurman was pardoned by Virginia Governor Warner in December 2005 after DNA tests unavialable at the time of Thurman's trial. Thurman had been wrongly imprisoned for 20 years.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned by VA Governor Warner based on exclusionary DNA tests.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$468,000 (State of Virginia)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Gov. Warner pardons two men cleared by old DNA evidence, Michelle Washington, The Virginian-Pilot, December 23, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=97251&ran=60400

Information Source 2:

"Justice Delayed - Phillip Thurman was jailed 20 years for a crime he did not commit, Michael Lee Pope, The Connection, January 05, 2005"

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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=60490&paper=59&cat=104

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