James Curtis Williams

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	28
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"James Curtis Williams and Raymond Jackson were co-defendants wrongly convicted in 1984 of the rape and shooting of a 27-year-old woman in Dallas County Texas in 1983. The woman identified the two men from a photo line and identified them in court. They were sentenced to life in prison. Jackson was released on parole in 2010 and James Williams was released on parole in 2011. In 2011 DNA testing unavailable at the time of their trial excluded them as the perpetrators while identifying two other men -- Frederick Anderson and Marion Doll Sayles. On April 30, 3012 the indictments against James Williams and Jackson were dismissed and Dallas County Judge Susan Hawk formally found them innocent. In early May 2012 Anderson and Sayles were indicted for attempted capital murder that doesn't have a statute of limitation. After James and Jackson were exonerated Sayles publicly admitted he participated in the attack."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness misidentification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 30, 2012 the indictments against James and Jackson were dismissed based on the new DNA evidence excluding them as the perpetrators and they were formally found innocent of their convicted crimes."
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$1,758,333.33 lump sum payment plus $10,236.37 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 8-17-2002)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Two Texas men convicted of raping and shooting a woman almost 30 years ago freed by new DNA evidence, By Staff Reporters, The Daily Mail (London), May 1, 2012 "
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137892/James-Curtis-Williams-Raymond-Jackson-freed-new-DNA-evidence-30-years-jail.html
Information Source 2:	"Rape suspect confesses, after wrongly convicted men exonerated, KDAF-TV (Dallas, TX), May 5, 2012"
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James Curtis Williams

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

28

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness misidentification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 30, 2012 the indictments against James and Jackson were dismissed based on the new DNA evidence excluding them as the perpetrators and they were formally found innocent of their convicted crimes."

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$1,758,333.33 lump sum payment plus $10,236.37 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 8-17-2002)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Two Texas men convicted of raping and shooting a woman almost 30 years ago freed by new DNA evidence, By Staff Reporters, The Daily Mail (London), May 1, 2012 "

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137892/James-Curtis-Williams-Raymond-Jackson-freed-new-DNA-evidence-30-years-jail.html

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"Rape suspect confesses, after wrongly convicted men exonerated, KDAF-TV (Dallas, TX), May 5, 2012"

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