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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Drug Related |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
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Year
Cleared:
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2002 |
Location
of Trial:
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Texas |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of drug charges on the basis of fake evidence manufactured by a ring of Dallas police officers who were shaking down people for money. Conviction commutted in 2002 by Texas Gov Rick Perry. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Police misconduct of using fake drugs to convict people who refused to pay a shakedown for money. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2002.
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Information Source 1: |
False Drug Convictions May Linger, Drug Sense Weekly, 09-13-2002 |
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http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2002/ds02.n267.html |
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False Drug Convictions May Linger, Dallas Morning News, 08-08-2002 |
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