Demarco Deon Williams

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Tulsa
City of Crime:	Tulsa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"DeMarco Deon Williams was wrongly convicted twice of firearm and drug charges based on false evidence by Tulsa Police Department officers. DeMarco Williams was arrested in 2004. After his conviction by a jury in 2005 Williams was sentenced to life in prison. Williams' conviction was overturned on appeal. Williams was retried in 2008, and after his conviction by a jury he was sentenced to life in prison. Williams was among several dozen people convicted in either federal or state court who had their convictions overturned and the charges dismissed based on a federal grand jury investigation that in 2009 uncovered evidence at least eight Tulsa police officers and a former federal agent were involved in framing defendants, and they falsified search warrants, relied on nonexistent informants, and stole drugs and money.On July 20, 2010 the federal indictment of five Tulsa Police Department officers was unsealed. The conviction of Williams was overturned and he was freed on Apirl 30, 2010. Williams filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that named as defendants the City of Tulsa, the Tulsa Police Department, and officers involved in his prosecution. On April 19, 2016 U.S. District Court Judge Terence C. Kern ruled that Williams' constitutional rights were not violated by the actions of former Tulsa PD Officer Jeff Henderson."
Conviction Caused By:	"Corrupt Tulsa Police Department officers involved in falsifying search warrants, relying on nonexistent informants, and stealing drugs and money."
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction vacated after discovery Tulsa Police Department relied on fake evidence for their arrest, and which was relied on for their conviction."
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Compensation Awarded:	Federal civil rights claim denied by judge who ruled his constitutional rights weren't violated.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Police probe results dismiss 5 more cases, By Omer Gillham (staff), Tusla World (Tulsa, OK), July 3, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/police-probe-results-dismiss-more-cases/article_4c429510-f952-5891-8f9c-64d8c990c311.html
Information Source 2:	"Tulsa judge drops charges as result of probe, By Omer Gillham (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), September 20, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100920_11_a1_ulnsbo738575
Information Source 3:	"Judge dismisses civil rights lawsuit against officer tied to Tulsa police corruption probe, By Curtis Killman (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), April 20, 2016"
Information Location 3:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/judge-dismisses-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-officer-tied-to-tulsa/article_c30c8274-5288-5a35-a8c7-dc0ede1ec696.html
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Demarco Deon Williams

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Tulsa

City of Crime:

Tulsa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Corrupt Tulsa Police Department officers involved in falsifying search warrants, relying on nonexistent informants, and stealing drugs and money."

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction vacated after discovery Tulsa Police Department relied on fake evidence for their arrest, and which was relied on for their conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Federal civil rights claim denied by judge who ruled his constitutional rights weren't violated.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Police probe results dismiss 5 more cases, By Omer Gillham (staff), Tusla World (Tulsa, OK), July 3, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/police-probe-results-dismiss-more-cases/article_4c429510-f952-5891-8f9c-64d8c990c311.html

Information Source 2:

"Tulsa judge drops charges as result of probe, By Omer Gillham (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), September 20, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100920_11_a1_ulnsbo738575

Information Source 3:

"Judge dismisses civil rights lawsuit against officer tied to Tulsa police corruption probe, By Curtis Killman (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), April 20, 2016"

Information Location 3:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/judge-dismisses-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-officer-tied-to-tulsa/article_c30c8274-5288-5a35-a8c7-dc0ede1ec696.html

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