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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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5 |
Charge: |
Drug Related |
Sentence: |
40 years |
Year Convicted: |
1996 |
Year
Cleared:
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2000 |
Location
of Trial:
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Arkansas |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted in 1995 of delivery of a controlled substance (drugs) and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Bragg's conviction was based on perjury by a policeman who also falsified documents. Conviction overturned in December 2000 by a federal magistrate who ruled that the agents testimony was questionable. Rodney Bragg was released after almost five years of wrongful imprisonment. Bragg filed a claim for $1.5 million in compensation in June 2006. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Perjury by a policeman who also falsified documents. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Conviction overturned by a federal magistrate in December 2000.
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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33 |
Age
When Released:
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38 |
Information Source 1: |
Nevada county man seeks compensation for wrongful conviction, Reporter Pamela Smith, KATV Chnl 7, June 8, 2006 |
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http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0606/334726.html |
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Man freed from prison seeks 1.5 million, Produced by Roberta Buerkle, KTHV tv, Little Rock, AR, June 9, 2006 |
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http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=29706 |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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