Harold C. Wilson

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	17.5
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Philadelphia
City of Crime:	Philadelphia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Harold C. Wilson was wrongly convicted on October 4, 1989 of a triple murder on April 10, 1988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wilson was sentenced to death. Wilson's death sentence was overturned in 1999 based on ineffective assistance of counsel. However he remained on death row because his convictions remained. Wilson convictions were vacated and a new trial was ordered in 2003 based on the prosecution's reliance on racial bias to eliminate black jurors. Wilson's second trial ended in a mistrial. His third trial began on October 31, 2005. For the first time DNA evidence was presented in Wilson's defense. Wilson was excluded as the murderer based on the new evidence of DNA tests of crime scene evidence. Harold Wilson was acquitted on November 15, 2005, and released after more than 17-1/2 years in prison.."
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Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial based on DNA tests of crime scene evidence that excluded Wilson as the murderer.
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Harold C. Wilson

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

17.5

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial based on DNA tests of crime scene evidence that excluded Wilson as the murderer.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Harold wilson - convicted of murder, sentenced to die, Democracy Now, December 20, 2005"

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http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1791823.php

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