Joy Wosu

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	8 1-3 - 25 years
Years Imprisoned:	16
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Erie
City of Crime:	Buffalo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joy Wosu, Louis Eze, and Dominic Okongwu were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1993 in Buffalo, New York of child sex abuse allegedly committed in 1991."
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Compensation Awarded:	Denied by State of New York and federal civil rights lawsuit dismissed.
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Joy Wosu, By Joy Wosu and Barbara Lynn Lapp, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 3, April 1999"
Information Location 1:	http://justicedenied.org/v1issue3.htm#Joy%20Wo%20Su
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Joy Wosu

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

8 1-3 - 25 years

Years Imprisoned:

16

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Erie

City of Crime:

Buffalo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Joy Wosu, Louis Eze, and Dominic Okongwu were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1993 in Buffalo, New York of child sex abuse allegedly committed in 1991."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of New York and federal civil rights lawsuit dismissed.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Joy Wosu, By Joy Wosu and Barbara Lynn Lapp, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 3, April 1999"

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http://justicedenied.org/v1issue3.htm#Joy%20Wo%20Su

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