Parrish Towns

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	23
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Parrish Towns was wrongly convicted of First Degree Murder and Robbery in Wayne County, Michigan."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$509,602 (State of Michigan, Dec. 2019)"
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Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	44
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Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Parrish Towns

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

23

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Parrish Towns was wrongly convicted of First Degree Murder and Robbery in Wayne County, Michigan."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$509,602 (State of Michigan, Dec. 2019)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Parrish Towns, National Registry of Exonerations"

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