Troy Webb

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Charge:	"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"
Sentence:	47 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Virginia Beach
City of Crime:	Virginia Beach
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Troy Webb was wrongly convicted in 1989 of multiple charges related to the sexual assault of a woman in Virginia Beach, Virginia on January 24, 1988. Webb was convicted in 1989 based on his identification by the victim. Webb was sentenced to 47 years in prison. Webb was exonerated in 1996 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial in 1989."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Exonerated by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial in 1989.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Troy Webb

Charge:

"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"

Sentence:

47 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Virginia Beach

City of Crime:

Virginia Beach

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Exonerated by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial in 1989.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=42

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