Nicholas Yarris

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Charge:	"Murder, Rape and Robbery"
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	22
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Delaware
City of Crime:	Chichester
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Nicholas Yarris was wrongly convicted of rape and murder of a 32 year old woman. DNA tests in 2003 of all available physical evidence, uncluding skin under the victims fingernails excluded Yarris as the attacker. Yarris was convicted on the basis of unreliable forensic analysis of the evidence and erroneous witness testimony placing him at the scene of the crime. In January 2008 Yarris settled his civil rights lawsuit against Delaware County for several million dollars, but the exact amount wasn't publicly released."
Conviction Caused By:	"Yarris was convicted on the basis of unreliable forensic analysis of the evidence, erroneous witness testimony placing him at the scene of the crime, a jailhouse informant, and his admissions that suggested he was involved in the crime."
Innocence Proved By:	"DNA tests in 2003 of all available physical evidence, uncluding skin under the victims fingernails excluded Yarris as the attacker"
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"Multi-millions, but exact amount not publicly disclosed."
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"DNA Testing Clears Man in PA Killing, Staff writers, Baltimore Sun, July 29, 2003, "
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Information Source 2:	"Yarris Waits For Action On Petition For New Trial, John M Roman, Delco Times, 08-28-2003"
Information Location 2:	http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10077037&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6.htm
Information Source 3:	"Wrongly-Convicted Philly Man Settles 'Multi-Million' Lawsuit With Delco, By Dan Hirschhorn, The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), January 10, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19185119&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=618959&rfi=6
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Nicholas Yarris

Charge:

"Murder, Rape and Robbery"

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

22

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Delaware

City of Crime:

Chichester

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Yarris was convicted on the basis of unreliable forensic analysis of the evidence, erroneous witness testimony placing him at the scene of the crime, a jailhouse informant, and his admissions that suggested he was involved in the crime."

Innocence Proved By:

"DNA tests in 2003 of all available physical evidence, uncluding skin under the victims fingernails excluded Yarris as the attacker"

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"Multi-millions, but exact amount not publicly disclosed."

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"DNA Testing Clears Man in PA Killing, Staff writers, Baltimore Sun, July 29, 2003, "

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Information Source 2:

"Yarris Waits For Action On Petition For New Trial, John M Roman, Delco Times, 08-28-2003"

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http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10077037&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6.htm

Information Source 3:

"Wrongly-Convicted Philly Man Settles 'Multi-Million' Lawsuit With Delco, By Dan Hirschhorn, The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), January 10, 2008"

Information Location 3:

http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19185119&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=618959&rfi=6

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