Peter Vaughn

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	7-1/2 to 12 years
Years Imprisoned:	3.5
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Roxbury
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Peter Vaughn was wrongly convicted in December 1984 of an armed robbery in Roxbury, Massachusetts on January 6, 1983. Vaughn's prosecution was based on an eyewitnesses identification. Vaughn refused to plead guilty, claiming he was with his girlfriend picking up their child at daycare at the time the crime was committed. Vaughn was sentenced to 7-1/2 to 12 years in prison. While in prison Vaughn met a prisoner who confessed to him that he had committed the robbery. In 1986 the Massachusetts Court of Appeals vacated Vaughn's conviction, ordered his acquittal, and he was immediately released from prison. In 2005 Vaughn filed a claim for compensation from the State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D, and and his claim was settled for $275,000 in 2007."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$275,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Innocent. But never free, By Phil Primack, The Boston Globe, June 5, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/06/05/innocent_but_never_free/
Information Source 2:	"Peter Vaughn, Life After Exoneration Program, exonerated.org"
Information Location 2:	http://www.exonerated.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151
Information Source 3:	"Vaughn, Peter v. Commonwealth, SUCV2005-03242 (Claim for compensation from the State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D was settled for $275,000.)"
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Peter Vaughn

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

7-1/2 to 12 years

Years Imprisoned:

3.5

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Roxbury

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$275,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Innocent. But never free, By Phil Primack, The Boston Globe, June 5, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/06/05/innocent_but_never_free/

Information Source 2:

"Peter Vaughn, Life After Exoneration Program, exonerated.org"

Information Location 2:

http://www.exonerated.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151

Information Source 3:

"Vaughn, Peter v. Commonwealth, SUCV2005-03242 (Claim for compensation from the State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D was settled for $275,000.)"

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