David Wong

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	18
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Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Clinton
City of Crime:	Dannemora
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"David Wong was wrongly convicted in 1987 by an all-white jury of a 1986 murder in New York. Wong's conviction unanimously reversed on October 21, 2004 by a five-judge panel in New York’s Appellate Division based on new evidence that multiple witnesses identified another man as the murderer. On Decembe 10, 2004 the prosecutor dropped the murder charge against Wong."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured prison snitch testimony
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction unanimously reversed on October 21, 2004 by a five-judge panel in New York’s Appellate Division based on new evidence that multiple witnesses identified another man as the murderer."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"Chinese Immigrant Wrongfully Convicted In America, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Pacific News Service, Asianweek News Report, Jan. 05, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=0f52747af59ff448b3a5b3d18dfb3715
Information Source 2:	David Wong Support Committee Website
Information Location 2:	http://www.freedavidwong.org/
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David Wong

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

18

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Clinton

City of Crime:

Dannemora

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured prison snitch testimony

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction unanimously reversed on October 21, 2004 by a five-judge panel in New York’s Appellate Division based on new evidence that multiple witnesses identified another man as the murderer."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"Chinese Immigrant Wrongfully Convicted In America, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Pacific News Service, Asianweek News Report, Jan. 05, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=0f52747af59ff448b3a5b3d18dfb3715

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David Wong Support Committee Website

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http://www.freedavidwong.org/

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