Robert Wilkinson

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Released Without Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1976
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Philadelphia
City of Crime:	Philadelphia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Robert Wilkinson was coerced into providing false confession and seven other people were beaten and otherwise threatened by the Philadelphia police to testify against Wilkinson. Several police were convicted for civil rights violations related to the case.
Conviction Caused By:	Coerced into providing false confession and seven other people were beaten and otherwise threatened by the Philadelphia police to testify against Wilkinson. Several police were convicted for civil rights violations related to the case. Prosecution concealment of exculpatory evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 168."
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Robert Wilkinson

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Released Without Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1976

Year Cleared:

1978

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Robert Wilkinson was coerced into providing false confession and seven other people were beaten and otherwise threatened by the Philadelphia police to testify against Wilkinson. Several police were convicted for civil rights violations related to the case.

Conviction Caused By:

Coerced into providing false confession and seven other people were beaten and otherwise threatened by the Philadelphia police to testify against Wilkinson. Several police were convicted for civil rights violations related to the case. Prosecution concealment of exculpatory evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 168."

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Information Source 2:

Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

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