Keith Edward Turner

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Keith Edward Turner was wrongly convicted in 1983 of a 1982 rape. Turner's conviction was based on the victim's erroneous identification of both his physical appearance and his voice. Turner and the victim worked for the same company at different branches. They came into contact when Keith Turner was transferred. The jury disregarded Turner's alibi. He was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He served four years before being paroled. DNA testing of crime scene evidence unavailable at the time of Turner's trial excluded him as the woman's attacker, and he was pardoned on December 22, 2005, by Texas Governor Rick Perry on the basis of his actual innocence. Keith Turner was still on parole, 22 years after his wrongful conviction at the time of his pardon."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned by Texas Gov Rick Perry based on exclusionary DNA evidence of Turner's actual innocence.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$81,249.99 lump sum payment plus $3,584.04 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 5-31-2007)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Governor Pardons Two Cleared by DNA Evidence, AP Story, Denton Record, Chronicle, December 22, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ELG20O4.html
Information Source 2:	"Two Pardoned on DNA Evidence, Jason Embry, Austin Statesman-American, December 23, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/23pardons.html
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Keith Edward Turner

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned by Texas Gov Rick Perry based on exclusionary DNA evidence of Turner's actual innocence.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$81,249.99 lump sum payment plus $3,584.04 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 5-31-2007)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Governor Pardons Two Cleared by DNA Evidence, AP Story, Denton Record, Chronicle, December 22, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ELG20O4.html

Information Source 2:

"Two Pardoned on DNA Evidence, Jason Embry, Austin Statesman-American, December 23, 2005"

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/23pardons.html

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