Wilfred Truscott

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Alberta
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wilfred Truscott was wrongly convicted of assault and mischief by causing damage to personal property in Alberta, Canada. After he had served his sentence it was discovered that the complaint against him had been fabricated, and the Alberta government awarded him compensation of $36,000 in 1986."
Conviction Caused By:	Fabricated complaint
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Compensation Awarded:	"CAN $36,000 (Alberta, 1986)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"'$1.1 Million Award For False Conviction, Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, December 19, 2001"
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Wilfred Truscott

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Alberta

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Wilfred Truscott was wrongly convicted of assault and mischief by causing damage to personal property in Alberta, Canada. After he had served his sentence it was discovered that the complaint against him had been fabricated, and the Alberta government awarded him compensation of $36,000 in 1986."

Conviction Caused By:

Fabricated complaint

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"CAN $36,000 (Alberta, 1986)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"'$1.1 Million Award For False Conviction, Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, December 19, 2001"

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http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0112/oc011219.htm

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