James Lee Woodard

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	27.33
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	James Lee Woodard was wrongly convicted in 1981 of raping and murdering his 21-year-old girlfriend. James Woodard was sentenced to life in prison. Woodard was exonerated in 2008 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his conviction.
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous prosecution witness testimony
Innocence Proved By:	In 2008 DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the woman's assailant and he was released after 27 years of wrongful confinement.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project of Texas at Texas Wesleyan School of Law assisted by Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$2,186,666.67 lump sum payment plus a monthly annuity (State of Texas, 11-18-2009)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	55
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man set to be 17th exonerated by dna in dallas county, By Jennifer Emily, The Dallas Morning News, April 29, 2008"
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James Lee Woodard

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

27.33

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

James Lee Woodard was wrongly convicted in 1981 of raping and murdering his 21-year-old girlfriend. James Woodard was sentenced to life in prison. Woodard was exonerated in 2008 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his conviction.

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous prosecution witness testimony

Innocence Proved By:

In 2008 DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the woman's assailant and he was released after 27 years of wrongful confinement.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project of Texas at Texas Wesleyan School of Law assisted by Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,186,666.67 lump sum payment plus a monthly annuity (State of Texas, 11-18-2009)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

55

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man set to be 17th exonerated by dna in dallas county, By Jennifer Emily, The Dallas Morning News, April 29, 2008"

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-exonerate_29met.ART.State.Edition2.4613068.html

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