George Keith Twitchell

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Charge:	Manslaughter and Robbery
Sentence:	20 and 15 years concurrent
Years Imprisoned:	11
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Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Birmingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"George Keith Twitchell was wrongly convicted on February 26, 1982 of manslaughter and robbery in the death of George Smith in November 1980 in Birmingham, England. Twitchell was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was refused leave to appeal his conviction. He was released in February 1993. The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred Twitchell's case to the Court of Appeal in January 1998. His convictions were quashed by the Court of Appeal on October 26, 1999."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Convictions for manslaughter and robbery quashed by the Court of Appeals on October 26, 1999"
Defendant Aided By:	Criminal Case Review Commission
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	R. v. Keith Twitchell [2000] 1 Cr.App.R. 373 (Quashing convictions)
Information Location 1:	http://netk.net.au/UK/Twitchell.asp
Information Source 2:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 3:	"The Criminal Case Review Commission (UK), Annual Report 1999-2000, p 8"
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George Keith Twitchell

Charge:

Manslaughter and Robbery

Sentence:

20 and 15 years concurrent

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Birmingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Convictions for manslaughter and robbery quashed by the Court of Appeals on October 26, 1999"

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

R. v. Keith Twitchell [2000] 1 Cr.App.R. 373 (Quashing convictions)

Information Location 1:

http://netk.net.au/UK/Twitchell.asp

Information Source 2:

Innocent UK website

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http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/

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"The Criminal Case Review Commission (UK), Annual Report 1999-2000, p 8"

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