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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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3 |
Charge: |
Weapons related violation |
Sentence: |
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Year Convicted: |
1988 |
Year
Cleared:
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1991 |
Location
of Trial:
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Washington |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of possessing a sawed-off shotgun based on his coerced confession extracted after police physically beat him and threatened to kill him. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Prosecutorial misconduct of knowingly using a coerced confession extracted by the police under the threat of death. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Conviction reversed by 9th Cir. Ct. of Appeals
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Information Source 1: |
U.S. v. Jenkins, 938 F.2d 934 (9thCir.1991), No. 89-50248. Decided July 5, 1991. Page 935 |
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Pitts v. County of Kern, 17 Cal. 4th 340 (1998) |
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""Mean Justice," Edward Humes, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1999, p. 458." |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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