Nathaniel Walker

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment + 50 years
Years Imprisoned:	8
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Year Convicted:	1975
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Union
City of Crime:	Elizabeth
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Nathaniel Walkerf was wrongly convicted of brutally raping an Elizabeth, New Jersey woman. With the aid of Centurion Ministries, 12 years after Walker's conviction a test of the blood type developed from the rapist's semen proved he wasn't the rapist. He spent 8 years in prison and 3 years as a fugitive before being freed on November 5, 1986 by a Superior Court judge."
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Innocence Proved By:	Test of the rapist's semen proved Nathaniel Walker wasn't the rapist.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""Exonerated," Guy Sterling, The Star Ledger, November 6, 1986"
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Nathaniel Walker

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment + 50 years

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1975

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Union

City of Crime:

Elizabeth

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Test of the rapist's semen proved Nathaniel Walker wasn't the rapist.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

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http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

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""Exonerated," Guy Sterling, The Star Ledger, November 6, 1986"

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