Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Attempted Rape |
Sentence: |
5 to 10 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
3.33 |
Year Crime: |
1964 |
Year Convicted: |
1967 |
Year Cleared: |
1973 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Kings |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
George A. Whitmore |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
22 |
Age When Released: |
25 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"George Whitmore Jr., Who Falsely Confessed to 3 Murders in 1964, Dies at 68, By Paul Vitello, The New York Times, October 15, 2012" |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/nyregion/george-whitmore-jr-68-dies-falsely-confessed-to-3-murders-in-1964.html?_r=0 |
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"George A. Whitmore - A plethora of false confessions, By Staff, Center on Wrongful Convictions" |
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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/ny/george-a-whitmore.html |
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