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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Manslaughter |
Sentence: |
3-1/2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.5 |
Year Crime: |
2006 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2008 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Adam Wilson was wrongly convicted in March 2007 of manslaughter after giving a friend methadone who died in July 2006. Adam Wilson was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison, but it was reduced to 3-1/2 eyars on appeal. In October 2007 the UK's Court of Appeal ruled that a person couldn't be convicted for giving a drug to a person who then of their own free will ingested a lethal dose. Based on that precedent in August 2008 Wilson's conviction was quashed." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In October 2007 the UK's Court of Appeal ruled that a person couldn't be convicted for giving a drug to a person who then of their own free will ingested a lethal dose. Based on that precedent in August 2008 Wilson's conviction was quashed. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
27 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Man's drug death charge quashed, BBC News, August 8, 2008" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/7548720.stm |
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