Ashton Williams

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ashton Williams was co-defendant of Kishmoy Challenger, Jermaine Freeman and Ashley Freeman. The four co-defendants (plus a fifth defendant) were convicted on April 12, 2006 in the Nevis Circuit Court of Justice of murder in the death of a 16-year-old in March 2004. The prosecution contended the five defendant's chased the victim and that one of them killed him after he was caught. The prosecution's theory was the four defendants were engaged in a "joint enterprise" with the fifth defendant who actually committed the murder. The four defendants were sentenced to between 20 and 25 years imprisonment. On October 29, 2008 the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and sentence of the four co-defendants, ruling that there was insufficient evidence that they engaged in a "joint enterprise" in the death of the victim, who was murdered by a fifth person who acted independent of them. The four co-defendants were immediately released after four years of imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	"Flawed legal theory that the four co-defendants engaged in a "joint enterprise" with the actual murderer."
Innocence Proved By:	"The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and appeal of the four co-defendants on October 29, 2008, ruling that there was insufficient evidence that they engaged in a "joint enterprise" with the man who actually committed the murder, and they were all immediately released. The conviction and 30 year sentence of the murderer, Marius Webbe, was upheld."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Four men freed by Court of Appeal, By Terresa McCall, SKNVibes.com, October 30, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.sknvibes.com/Legal/NewsDetails.cfm/7118
Information Source 2:	"Kishmoy Challenger et al v The DPP, [Crim. App. No. 15 of 2006], ECSC (10-29-2008)"
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Ashton Williams

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Saint Kitts and Nevis

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Flawed legal theory that the four co-defendants engaged in a "joint enterprise" with the actual murderer."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Four men freed by Court of Appeal, By Terresa McCall, SKNVibes.com, October 30, 2008"

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http://www.sknvibes.com/Legal/NewsDetails.cfm/7118

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"Kishmoy Challenger et al v The DPP, [Crim. App. No. 15 of 2006], ECSC (10-29-2008)"

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