Earl Williams

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1969
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Year Cleared:	1974
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Earl Williams and Regino Serrano were codefendants wrongly convicted of a murder committed on September 18, 1969 in the Bronx, New York. Their convictions were based on circumstantial evidence. On November 14, 1974 the New York Court of Appeals ruled the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient circumstantial evidence proving the defendants were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court's ruling reversed the ruling of the Appellate Division that affirmed Williams and Serrano's convictions. "
Conviction Caused By:	Circumstantial evidence that didn't prove Williams and Serrano were guilty of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt.
Innocence Proved By:	"On November 14, 1974 the New York Court of Appeals ruled the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient circumstantial evidence proving the defendants were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Williams, 35 NY 2d 783, 362 NYS 2d 152 (NY Court of Appeals 1974)"
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Earl Williams

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1969

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1974

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Circumstantial evidence that didn't prove Williams and Serrano were guilty of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt.

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 14, 1974 the New York Court of Appeals ruled the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient circumstantial evidence proving the defendants were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"People v. Williams, 35 NY 2d 783, 362 NYS 2d 152 (NY Court of Appeals 1974)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10156938375923083217&q=+35+NY+2d+783+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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