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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
1 year incarceration and bad conduct discharge |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
U.S. Military - Federal Case |
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Wilkerson was wrongly convicted of sexual assault in 2012. He was sentenced to one year imprisonment. Wilkerson's conviction was overturned on appellate review in 2013. He was ordered immediately released from custody and returned to service. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Wilkerson's conviction was overturned on appellate review in 2013. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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"Convicted of sex assault - then cleared - fighter pilot sparks protest at Tucson base, By Bill Briggs (NBC News contributer), NBCNews.com, April 25, 2013" |
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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/25/17899582-convicted-of-sex-assault-then-cleared-fighter-pilot-sparks-protest-at-tucson-base |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org