Gussie Willis Vann

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Charge:	Murder and Sexual Assault
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	19
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
County or Region of Crime:	McMinn
City of Crime:	Riceville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gussie Vann was wrongly convicted in the 1992 strangulation death of his daughter, Necia Vann. He was sentenced to death. Vann filed a state writ of habeas corpus based on new evidence he hadn't abused his daughter. During a September 2007 evidentiary hearing forensic experts testified there were no signs of sexual abuse as reported in the autopsy prepared by a former medical examiner. On May 28, 2008 his conviction and sentence were overturned based on new forensic evidence proving that he was provided ineffective assistance of counsel by his trial lawyers failure to retain a forensic experts to dispute the state's claims he sexually abused his daughter. On September 22, 2011 the State dismissed the charges against Vann."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 28, 2008 his conviction and sentence were overturned based on new forensic evidence. On September 22, 2011 the State dismissed the charges against Vann."
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Age When Imprisoned:	42
Age When Released:	61
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Retrial ordered for death row inmate Vann, WATE Channel 6 TV, June 3, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.wate.com/story/8418913/retrial-ordered-for-death-row-inmate-vann?clienttype=printable&redirected=true
Information Source 2:	"(Vann v. State, No. 99-312, 10th Judicial District, May 28, 2008;"
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Gussie Willis Vann

Charge:

Murder and Sexual Assault

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

19

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

McMinn

City of Crime:

Riceville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 28, 2008 his conviction and sentence were overturned based on new forensic evidence. On September 22, 2011 the State dismissed the charges against Vann."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

42

Age When Released:

61

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Retrial ordered for death row inmate Vann, WATE Channel 6 TV, June 3, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.wate.com/story/8418913/retrial-ordered-for-death-row-inmate-vann?clienttype=printable&redirected=true

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"(Vann v. State, No. 99-312, 10th Judicial District, May 28, 2008;"

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