Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Rape |
Sentence: |
99 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
31 |
Year Crime: |
1980 |
Year Convicted: |
1981 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
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: |
"Rickey Dale Wyatt aka Rickey Wyatt was wrongly convicted in 1981 of rape in Dallas County, Texas." |
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Defendant Aided By: |
Innocence Project NY |
Compensation Awarded: |
"$2,480,000 lump sum payment plus $15,075.15 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 9-5-2003)" |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
25 |
Age When Released: |
56 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Rickey Dale Wyatt, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3973 |
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