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Michelle Williams - White

Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:
Years Imprisoned:	2.45
Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Swisher
City of Crime:	Tulia
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Michelle Williams AKA Michelle White, was one of the Tulia 38 wrongly convicted of selling and/or distributing cocaine in and around Tulia, TX based solely on the word of a discredited Swisher County, Texas undercover sheriff's deputy. Texas Governor Rick Perry pardoned 35 of the Tulia defendants on August 22, 2003. After Michelle's pardon her last name changed to White, and she is listed by the Texas State Comptroller's Office as Michelle White."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:	"$192,000 plus total. $62,499.98 lump sum payment plus $960.41 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-11-2008) and, $130,435 (Swisher County and other defendants, May 2004)"
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Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Travesty in Tulia, Texas - Frame-up of 38 Innocent People Orchestrated by a County Sheriff, Prosecutor and Judge, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 23, Winter 2004, pp. 3-5, 27"
Information Location 1:	http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_23/tulia_travesty.html
Information Source 2:	"Wrongful Convictions Have Cost Texans More Than $93 Million, By Johnathan Silver and Lindsay Carbonell, The Texas Tribune, June 24, 2016"
Information Location 2:	https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/24/wrongful-convictions-cost-texans-over-93-million/
Information Source 3:	"Perry pardons 35 in Tulia case, By Greg Cunningham (staff), Amarillo Globe-News, August 23, 2003"
Information Location 3:	http://amarillo.com/stories/082303/new_perrypardons.shtml
Information Source 4:	"Tulia, Texas, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern School of Law"
Information Location 4:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cwc/exonerations/txtuliasummary.html
Information Source 5:	"More Tulia sting defendants could get money from Texas, by Betsy Blaney, Houston Chronicle, August 28, 2006"
Information Location 5:	http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4147492.html
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Michelle Williams - White

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

2.45

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Swisher

City of Crime:

Tulia

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$192,000 plus total. $62,499.98 lump sum payment plus $960.41 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-11-2008) and, $130,435 (Swisher County and other defendants, May 2004)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Travesty in Tulia, Texas - Frame-up of 38 Innocent People Orchestrated by a County Sheriff, Prosecutor and Judge, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 23, Winter 2004, pp. 3-5, 27"

Information Location 1:

http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_23/tulia_travesty.html

Information Source 2:

"Wrongful Convictions Have Cost Texans More Than $93 Million, By Johnathan Silver and Lindsay Carbonell, The Texas Tribune, June 24, 2016"

Information Location 2:

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/24/wrongful-convictions-cost-texans-over-93-million/

Information Source 3:

"Perry pardons 35 in Tulia case, By Greg Cunningham (staff), Amarillo Globe-News, August 23, 2003"

Information Location 3:

http://amarillo.com/stories/082303/new_perrypardons.shtml

Information Source 4:

"Tulia, Texas, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern School of Law"

Information Location 4:

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cwc/exonerations/txtuliasummary.html

Information Source 5:

"More Tulia sting defendants could get money from Texas, by Betsy Blaney, Houston Chronicle, August 28, 2006"

Information Location 5:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4147492.html

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