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John Lyon McCloy

Years Imprisoned:	12
Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	12 years
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2007
Location of Trial:	United Kingdom
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)
Summary of Case:	John Lyon McCloy’s confession was the basis of his 1982 conviction of being involved in a 1980 Birmingham, England robbery during which a security guard was killed. McCloy protested that he was innocent and he had been forced into falsely confessing. His sentence was reduced to 12 years in 1984, and he was released after serving his sentence. On May 15, 2007, England’s Court of Criminal Appeal quashed McCloy’s conviction on the basis that his confession was false, and he had made it after being tortured by a notorious Birmingham police squad that was disbanded in disgrace in 1989. Read The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) story.
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted by police torture tactics.
Innocence Proved By:	On May 15, 2007, England’s Court of Criminal Appeal quashed McCloy’s conviction on the basis that his confession was false, and he had made it after being tortured by a notorious Birmingham police squad that was disbanded in disgrace in 1989.
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Information Source 1:	Conviction quashed 25 years after confession by torture - By Eben Harrell, The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), May 16, 2007
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Ethnicity/Skin:	White
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Comments About Case:	Falsely confessed

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John Lyon McCloy

Years Imprisoned:

12

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

12 years

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2007

Location of Trial:

United Kingdom

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)

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Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted by police torture tactics.

Innocence Proved By:

On May 15, 2007, England’s Court of Criminal Appeal quashed McCloy’s conviction on the basis that his confession was false, and he had made it after being tortured by a notorious Birmingham police squad that was disbanded in disgrace in 1989.

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Conviction quashed 25 years after confession by torture - By Eben Harrell, The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), May 16, 2007

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Falsely confessed

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