Joseph Dean Webber

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	7-1/2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.67
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Bayham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Dean Webber was wrongly convicted on November 1, 2007 of 13 charges, including armed robbery, forcible confinement and extortion, related to a November 2006 hom invasion in Bayham, Ontario, Canada. Webber's conviction was based on the victim's identification of him as one of their two assailants. There was no other evidence linking Webber to the crime. After Webber was convicted after a 3 day bench trial, the judge sentenced him on Feb. 8, 2008 to 7-1-2 years in prison. He was released on bail pending appeal on June 28, 2008 after 2 men confessed to the crime and that Webber wasn't involved. On January 6, 2010 the Ontario Court of Appeals acquitted Webber based on the new evidence he had no involvement in the crime and that his conviction was based on his misidenfication by the victims. He had been wrongly imprisoned for 19 months from the time of his arrest in November 2007."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification by the victims.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 6, 2010 the Ontario Court of Appeals acquitted Webber based on the new evidence he had no involvement in the crime and that his conviction was based on his misidenfication by the victims."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"A poster boy for justice gone awry, By Kirk Makin (staff), The Globe and Mail (Toronto, CAN), Feb 17, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-poster-boy-for-justice-gone-awry/article1470371/
Information Source 2:	"Webber free after being wrongfully accused, By Kyle Rea (staff), St Thomas Times-Journal, January 14, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2010/01/14/webber-free-after-being-wrongfully-accused
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Joseph Dean Webber

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

7-1/2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.67

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Bayham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification by the victims.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 6, 2010 the Ontario Court of Appeals acquitted Webber based on the new evidence he had no involvement in the crime and that his conviction was based on his misidenfication by the victims."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"A poster boy for justice gone awry, By Kirk Makin (staff), The Globe and Mail (Toronto, CAN), Feb 17, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-poster-boy-for-justice-gone-awry/article1470371/

Information Source 2:

"Webber free after being wrongfully accused, By Kyle Rea (staff), St Thomas Times-Journal, January 14, 2010"

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http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2010/01/14/webber-free-after-being-wrongfully-accused

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