Marrio D'Shane Willis

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Charge:	Arson
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Tulsa
City of Crime:	Tulsa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Marrio D'Shane Willis was wrongly convicted of the March 23, 2003, armed robbery of an E Z-Mart in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Willis was a former employee of E Z-Mart, and he was first identified by a district manager as the robber in a surveillance video. The clerk on duty, who was at first reluctant to identify Willis as the robber, eventually agreed it was him. Willis was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. At a November 2005 hearing, the clerk officially recanted his testimony, saying that his identification of Willis was pressured by the police, and that another man was the actual robber. The judge denied Willis' petition for a new trial, but on April 6, 2006, the Oklahoma Court of Crimina Appeal reversed Willis conviction. The Court ruled that without the clerk's identification there was insufficient evidence to support Willis' conviction. On April 25, 2006, the prosecutor dropped the charges against Willis and he was released that day from custody. Willis was wrongly imprisoned for three years."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification under police pressure to identify Willis as the robber.
Innocence Proved By:	"The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Willis' conviction on April 6, 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Newly freed man feels sun's warmth, David Harper (staff), Tulsa World, April 26, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060426_Ne_A1_Newly28605
Information Source 2:	"Judge orders man released after three years in prison, David Harper (staff), Tulsa World, April 25, 2006"
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Marrio D'Shane Willis

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Tulsa

City of Crime:

Tulsa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification under police pressure to identify Willis as the robber.

Innocence Proved By:

"The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Willis' conviction on April 6, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Newly freed man feels sun's warmth, David Harper (staff), Tulsa World, April 26, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060426_Ne_A1_Newly28605

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"Judge orders man released after three years in prison, David Harper (staff), Tulsa World, April 25, 2006"

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