Mark Amos Webb

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	11.56
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Tarrant
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mark Amos Webb was wrongly convicted in 1987 of the 1985 abduction and rape of a woman who identified Webb from a photo lineup and then made an in court identification. The prosecution also relied on serology (blood test) results that could not exclude Mark Webb as the perpetrator. Webb presented an alibi defense, supported by several witnesses, that he was at work at the time of the assault. Webb was paroled in 1997, but violated his parole. DNA testing was performed under Texas' new postconviction DNA statute, and in 2001 Webb was freed from prison and the charges were dismissed. Webb has been paid $289,583 in compensation by the State of Texas as of 2012."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and erroneous prosecution blood lab results and testimony
Innocence Proved By:	DNA test unavilable at the time of his trial excluded Mark Webb as the assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$289,583.31 (State of Texas, 9-5-2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Mark Amos Webb

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

11.56

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Tarrant

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and erroneous prosecution blood lab results and testimony

Innocence Proved By:

DNA test unavilable at the time of his trial excluded Mark Webb as the assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$289,583.31 (State of Texas, 9-5-2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=103

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